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 pelecaniform birds within the Pelecani that contains three genera: the extinct Eopelecanus and Miopelecanus and the extant Pelecanus.[4]
Pelecanids have existed since the late Eocene (Priabonian)[5] and they still exist today.[6][7]
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