Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves

Pelecaniformes

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Fregatidae Garrod, 1874
Pelecanidae Pelecanidae
Phaethontidae Brandt, 1831
Phalacrocoracidae Reichenbach, 1850
Sulidae Reichenbach, 1849

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ペリカン目 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Swedish: pelikanfåglar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Пеліканоподібні

Literature

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.