Pelecanidae
Temporal range: Late Eocene-Recent, 37.17–0 Ma [1] Possible early origin based on molecular clock[2]
A great white pelican in breeding condition flying over Walvis Bay, Namibia.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Pelecanidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Type genus
Pelecanus
Linnaeus, 1758
Genera

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]

References

  1. ^ Louchart, Antoine; Tourment, Nicolas; Carrier, Julie (2011). "The Earliest Known Pelican Reveals 30 Million Years of Evolutionary Stasis in Beak Morphology". Journal of Ornithology. 150 (1): 15–20. doi:10.1007/s10336-010-0537-5. S2CID 21016885.
  2. ^ Kuhl., H.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Bakker, A.; Mayr, G.; Nikolaus, G.; Boerno, S. T.; Klages, S.; Timmermann, B.; Gahr, M. (2020). "An unbiased molecular approach using 3'UTRs resolves the avian family-level tree of life". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38: 108–127. doi:10.1093/molbev/msaa191. PMC 7783168. PMID 32781465.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Family Pelecanidae". Peru Aves. 2023-04-23. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  5. ^ El Adli, Joseph J.; Wilson Mantilla, Jeffrey A.; Antar, Mohammed Sameh M.; Gingerich, Philip D. (2021-06-02). "The earliest recorded fossil pelican, recovered from the late Eocene of Wadi Al-Hitan, Egypt". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 41: e1903910. doi:10.1080/02724634.2021.1903910. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 236269386.
  6. ^ "Pelicans". Firefly encyclopedia of birds. Christopher M. Perrins. Buffalo, N.Y.: Firefly Books. 2003. p. 78-81. ISBN 1-55297-777-3. OCLC 51922852.((cite book)): CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. ^ 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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