Family Pelecanoididae Gray 1871 (bird)
Aves - Procellariiformes - Pelecanoididae
Parent taxon: Procellariiformes according to T. H. Worthy et al. 2007
See also Carroll 1988, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Olson 1985 and Scofield et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Diomedeidae, Diomedeoididae, Hydrobatidae, Hydrotherikornis, Kievornis, Makahala, Marinavidae, Oceanitidae, Pandiomedeidae, Pelecanoidi, Procellarae, Procellariidae, Rupelornis, Rupelornis definitus, Tytthostonychidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pelecanoididae in the database