Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Anseres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Pelecanidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815

Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 89.

Alternative positions

Anseres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 215.
Pelecaninae (Subfamily)	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 132.

Historical positions

Pelecanidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 89.
Pelecanidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 375.
Pelecaninae (Subfamily)	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 132.
Pelecanidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 367.
Pelecanidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 972.
Pelecanidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: E. Mayr & G.W. Cottrell, 1979
Pelecanidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Pelecanidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1968): 573.
Pelecanidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1963: 265.
Anseres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 118, 215.
Anseres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 84, 132.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	7s;6ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 7 May 2015	[7s;6ss]
2003	E.C. Dickinson: 90	[7s;6ss]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	[8s]
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	[7s]
1982	W.J. Bock	8s
1758	C. Linnaeus	[5s]