Pelecani

Pelecani
Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Pelecaniformes
Suborder:	Pelecani
Families
Scopidae Balaenicipitidae Pelecanidae

Pelecani is a suborder of birds in the order Pelecaniformes. It consists of shoebills, hamerkops, pelicans and their extinct relatives. It is likely the sister clade to herons [1][2], though it could also be sister to Ardei [3]

References

1. Reddy, S.; Kimball, R.T.; Pandey, A.; et al. (2017). "Why do phylogenomic data sets yield conflicting trees? Data type influences the avian tree of life more than taxon sampling". Systematic Biology. 66 (5): 857–879. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syx041. PMID 28369655.
2. Kuhl, H.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Bakker, A.; et al. (2021). "An unbiased molecular approach using 3′-UTRs resolves the avian family-level tree of life". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38 (1): 108–127. doi:10.1093/molbev/msaa191. PMC 7783168. PMID 32781465.
3. Hackett, Shannon J.; Kimball, Rebecca T.; Reddy, Sushma; et al. (2008). "A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History". Science. 320 (5884): 1763–68. Bibcode:2008Sci...320.1763H. doi:10.1126/science.1157704. PMID 18583609. S2CID 6472805.