Pelecani

Suborder of birds

Pelecani

Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta)
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Pelecaniformes
Suborder:  | Pelecani
Families

* Scopidae
* Balaenicipitidae
* Pelecanidae

Pelecani is a suborder of birds in the order Pelecaniformes. It consists of shoebills, hamerkops, pelicans and their extinct relatives. It is likely the sister clade to herons [1][2], though it could also be sister to Ardei [3]

## References

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1. ^ Reddy, S.; Kimball, R.T.; Pandey, A.; et al. (2017). "Why do phylogenomic data sets yield conflicting trees? Data type influences the avian tree of life more than taxon sampling". Systematic Biology. 66 (5): 857–879. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syx041. PMID 28369655.
2. ^ Kuhl, H.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Bakker, A.; et al. (2021). "An unbiased molecular approach using 3′-UTRs resolves the avian family-level tree of life". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38 (1): 108–127. doi:10.1093/molbev/msaa191. PMC 7783168. PMID 32781465.
3. ^ Hackett, Shannon J.; Kimball, Rebecca T.; Reddy, Sushma; et al. (2008). "A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History". Science. 320 (5884): 1763–68. Bibcode:2008Sci...320.1763H. doi:10.1126/science.1157704. PMID 18583609. S2CID 6472805.

Taxon identifiers

Pelecani|

* Wikidata: Q48777489
* AFD: Pelecani
* NZOR: 4eb3ee11-ccd3-47ed-b23d-35e928a748e5
* Paleobiology Database: 140426

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