Pelecanidae
Pelecanidae | |
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A great white pelican in breeding condition flying over Walvis Bay, Namibia. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Pelecaniformes |
Family: | Pelecanidae Rafinesque, 1815 |
Type genus | |
Pelecanus Linnaeus, 1758
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Genera | |
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The Pelecanidae is a family of
Pelecanus.[4]
Pelecanids have existed since the late Eocene (Priabonian)[5] and they still exist today.[6][7]
References
- S2CID 21016885.
- PMID 32781465.
- ^ Milne-Edwards (1863). "Les oiseaux aquatiques (Gaviiformes a Anseriformes) du gisement Aquitanien de Saint-Gerand-le-Puy (Allier, France): revision systematique". Palaeovertebrata (Montpellier). 14 (2): 33–115.
- ^ "Family Pelecanidae". Peru Aves. 2023-04-23. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- S2CID 236269386.
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- ^ Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata (in Latin). Vol. 1. Holmiae: Laurentii Salvii. pp. 132–34.
Rostrum edentulum, rectum: apice adunco, unguiculato. Nares lineares. Facies nuda. Pedes digitís omnibus palmatis.
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- Data related to Pelecanidae at Wikispecies