Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893 Order Pelecaniformes Sharpe, 1891 Suborder Pelecani Sharpe, 1891 see Infraorder Pelecanides Sharpe, 1891 Family Phalacrocoracidae Reichenbach, 1850 - cormorants Subfamily Phalacrocoracinae Bonaparte, 1853 [1854?]