Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Pelecaniformes

Current position

Phalacrocoracoidea (Superfamily) Bonaparte, 1854

Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 91.

Alternative positions

Pelecani (Suborder) Sharpe, 1891	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 19.
Pelecaniformes (Order) Sharpe, 1891	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 375.
Sulae (Suborder) Sharpe	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 626.

Historical positions

Phalacrocoracoidea (Superfamily) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 91.
Pelecaniformes (Order) Sharpe, 1891	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: [22], 91. [rough position] [indirect]
Pelecaniformes (Order) Sharpe, 1891	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 375.
Pelecaniformes (Order) Sharpe, 1891	Ref: 1995
Phalacrocoracoidea (Superfamily) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 127.
Pelecani (Suborder) Sharpe, 1891	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 19, 368.
Sulae (Suborder) Sharpe	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 626.
Pelecaniformes (Order) Sharpe, 1891	Ref: R.C. van Caenegem et al., 1979-1984
Pelecaniformes (Order) Sharpe, 1891	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 972-973.
Pelecani (Suborder) Sharpe, 1891	Ref: E. Mayr & G.W. Cottrell, 1979
Pelecaniformes (Order) Sharpe, 1891	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Pelecaniformes (Order) Sharpe, 1891	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1968): 573.
Sulae (Suborder) Sharpe	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1963: 249.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1g;35s;34ss; ‡1s; †3g;2s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 7 May 2015	[1g;35s;34ss; †3g]
2003	E.C. Dickinson: [22], 91	1g;36[35]s;[34ss]; ‡1s
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	1g;37[36]s; ‡[1s]
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	[2g;29s; ‡1s]
1979-1984	R.C. van Caenegem et al.	~30s
1982	W.J. Bock	3g;33s
1963	P. Brodkorb	[; †3g]