UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO)

Traits taxon details

Pelecaniformes

AphiaID

2684 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2684)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Order

Parent

Aves

Direct children (8)

Ordering

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Family Anhingidae Ridgway, 1887
Family Fregatidae Garrod, 1874
Family Pelagornithidae Fürbringer, 1888 †
Family Pelecanidae Pelecanidae
Family Phaethontidae Brandt, 1831
Family Phalacrocoracidae Reichenbach, 1850
Family Scopidae (Bonaparte, 1849)
Family Sulidae Reichenbach, 1849

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Traits (2025). Pelecaniformes. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2684 on 2025-05-08

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Pelecaniformes. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2684 on 2025-05-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

db_admin

[taxonomic tree] [list species]

basis of record Harrison, P. (1985). Seabirds: an identification guide. Revised edition. Christopher Helm Publisher. A & C Black: London, UK. ISBN 0-7136-3510-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Definitions

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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pelecaniformes)
To Genbank
To ITIS