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- proper noun A taxonomic
order within thesubclass Neognathae — thepelicans ,gannets ,boobies ,cormorants ,frigatebirds ,darters andtropicbirds .
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As recently shown by Gerald Mayr (2003) however, the morphological evidence best supports a position for the Shoebill close to Steganopodes, the clade that includes frigate birds, pelicans, gannets, cormorants and anhingas (traditional Pelecaniformes is not monophyletic as tropicbirds are apparently closer to procellariiforms than they are to members of Steganopodes).
Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006
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