order Pelecaniformes

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Related to order Pelecaniformes: order Ciconiiformes, order Charadriiformes, order Anseriformes

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order Pelecaniformes - pelicans; frigate birds; gannets; cormorants

Pelecaniformes

animal order - the order of animals

Aves, class Aves - (ornithology) the class of birds

family Pelecanidae, Pelecanidae - pelicans

family Fregatidae, Fregatidae - frigate birds

family Sulidae, Sulidae - gannets and boobies

family Phalacrocoracidae, Phalacrocoracidae - cormorants

Anhingidae, family Anhingidae - snakebirds

family Phaethontidae, Phaethontidae - tropicbirds

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It is one of the largest birds in the order Pelecaniformes, with adult males weighing 9.5-12.0 kg.

The Effects of Capture, Restraint, and Transport on Hematologic, Plasma Biochemical, and Blood Gas Values in Dalmatian Pelicans (Pelecanus crispus)

In contrast to this cryptic pattern of deaths, geographically focused deaths among juvenile American white pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Gmelin; order Pelecaniformes, family Pelecanidae) have occurred as a result of WNV transmission at numerous pelican-breeding colonies throughout the northern Great Plains (4).

Surveillance for West Nile virus in American White Pelicans, Montana, USA, 2006-2007