PELECANIFORMES
(gannets, cormorants, shags and pellicans)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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Family 1 subtaxa 28 images
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Genus 1 subtaxa 28 images
Family 1 subtaxa 4 images
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Genus 1 subtaxa 4 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderPELECANIFORMES (gannets, cormorants, shags and pellicans)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

PELECANIFORMES (gannets, cormorants, shags and pellicans) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PELECANIFORMES (gannets, cormorants, shags and pellicans)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PELECANIFORMES (gannets, cormorants, shags and pellicans)
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