Names List for PELECANIFORMES

• Order PELECANIFORMES
• Suborder PHAETHONTES
• Suborder FREGATAE
• Family FREGATIDAE Degland & Gerbe, 1867
  • Tachypetidae Brandt, J.F., 1839
  • Attagenidae Jerdon, T.C., 1862
  • Fregatinae Degland & Gerbe, 1867
  • Atagenidae Gray, G.R., 1871
• Fregata Lacépède, 1799
  • Fregata Brisson, 1760
  • Fregata Lacépède, 1799
  • Fregatta Fischer, 1808
  • Tachypetes Vieillot, 1816
  • Atagen Gray, G.R., 1841
  • Parvifregata Mathews, 1920
• Fregata andrewsi Mathews, 1914
  • Fregata andrewsi Mathews, 1914
• Fregata ariel (G.R. Gray, 1845)
• Fregata ariel ariel (G.R. Gray, 1845)
  • Atagen ariel G.R. Gray, 1845
  • Fregata ariel tunnyi Mathews, 1914
• Fregata minor (Gmelin, 1789)
• Fregata minor minor (Gmelin, 1789)
  • Fregata minor Brisson, 1763
  • Pelecanus minor Gmelin, 1789
  • Fregata minor listeri Mathews, 1914
• Fregata minor palmerstoni (Gmelin, 1789)
  • Pelecanus palmerstoni Gmelin, 1789
  • Fregata minor peninsulae Mathews, 1923
  • Fregata minor mathewsi Lowe, 1924
• Suborder SULAE
• Family PHALACROCORACIDAE Reichenbach, 1853
  • Carbonidae Brandt, J.F., 1839
  • Phalacrocoracinae Reichenbach, H.G.L., 1849
  • Phalacrocoracinae Bonaparte, C.L., 1854
  • Graculinae Jerdon, T.C., 1862
  • Leucocarboninae Siegel-Causey, D., 1988
• Leucocarbo Bonaparte, 1857
  • Leucocarbo Bonaparte, 1857
  • Euleucocarbo Voisin, J.-F, 1973
  • Nesocarbo Voisin, J.-F., 1973
  • Notocarbo Siegel-Causey, D., 1988
• Leucocarbo atriceps (P.P. King, 1828)
• Leucocarbo atriceps nivalis (Falla, 1937)
  • Phalacrocorax (Leucocarbo) atriceps nivalis Falla, 1937
• Leucocarbo atriceps purpurascens (Brandt, 1837)
  • Carbo purpurascens Brandt, 1837
  • Phalacrocorax traversi Rothschild, 1898
• Leucocarbo verrucosus (Cabanis, 1875)
  • Halieus verrucosus Cabanis, 1875
• Microcarbo Bonaparte, 1856
  • Microcarbo Bonaparte, 1856
  • Haliëtor Heine, 1860
  • Melanocarbo Bernstein, 1883
  • Melanoleucos Christidis & Boles, 1994
• Microcarbo melanoleucos (Vieillot, 1817)
• Microcarbo melanoleucos melanoleucos (Vieillot, 1817)
  • Hydrocorax melanoleucos Vieillot, 1817
  • Phalacrocorax melanoleucus Stephens, 1826
  • Carbo dimidiatus Lesson, 1831
  • Phalacrocorax flavirhynchus Gould, 1838
  • Graucalus flavirostris G.R. Gray, 1843
  • Halieus leucomelas Gloger, 1857
  • Carbo melanoleucos melvillensis Mathews, 1912
• Phalacrocorax Brisson, 1760
• Phalacrocorax (Anacarbo) Roberts, 1922
  • Anacarbo Roberts, 1922
• Phalacrocorax (Anacarbo) fuscescens (Vieillot, 1817)
  • Hydrocorax fuscescens Vieillot, 1817
  • Phalacrocorax leucogaster Gould, 1838
  • Hypoleucus gouldi Salvadori, 1882
  • Carbo gouldi tunneyi Mathews, 1912
• Phalacrocorax (Phalacrocorax) Brisson, 1760
  • Phalacrocorax Brisson, 1760
  • Carbo Lacépède, 1799
  • Halieus Illiger, 1811
  • Carbonarius Rafinesque, 1815
  • Hydrocorax Vieillot, 1816
  • Haliaeus Schinz, 1825
  • Cormoranus Baillon, 1834
  • Graucalus G.R. Gray, 1841
  • Graculus G.R. Gray, 1845
  • Ecmeles Gistel, 1848
  • Hypoleucus Reichenbach, 1850
  • Mesocarbo Mathews & Iredale, 1913
  • Hypoleucos Siegel-Causey, 1988
• Phalacrocorax (Phalacrocorax) carbo (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Phalacrocorax (Phalacrocorax) carbo novaehollandiae Stephens, 1826
  • Phalacrocorax novaehollandiae Stephens, 1826
  • Phalacrocorax carboides Gould, 1838
  • Carbo carbo westralis Mathews, 1912
  • Phalacrocorax carbo gracemeri Mathews, 1915
• Phalacrocorax (Phalacrocorax) sulcirostris (Brandt, 1837)
  • Carbo sulcirostris Brandt, 1837
  • Microcarbo stictocephalus Bonaparte, 1857
  • Carbo squamatus Salvadori, 1882
  • Mesocarbo ater territori Mathews, 1915
• Phalacrocorax (Phalacrocorax) varius (Gmelin, 1789)
• Phalacrocorax (Phalacrocorax) varius hypoleucos (Brandt, 1837)
  • Carbo hypoleucos Brandt, 1837
  • Carbo varius perthi Mathews, 1912
  • Hypoleucus varius whitei Mathews, 1915
  • Phalacrocorax varius nitidus Serventy, 1940
• Family SULIDAE Reichenbach, 1849
  • Halieidae Sundevall, C.J., 1836
  • Sulinae Reichenbach, H.G.L., 1849
  • Sularinae Reichenbach, H.G.L., 1849
  • Sulinae Reichenbach, H.G.L., 1849
  • Sulinae Bonaparte, C.L., 1853
• Morus Vieillot, 1816
  • Moris Leach, 1816
  • Morus Vieillot, 1816
  • Sulita Mathews, G.M., 1915
• Morus serrator (G.R. Gray, 1843)
  • Sula australis Gould, 1841
  • Sula serrator G.R. Gray, 1843
  • Sula serrator dyotti Mathews, 1913
• Species Inquirenda
  • Sula plumigula Pelzeln, 1873
• Papasula Olson & Warheit, 1988
  • Papasula Olson, S.L. & Warheit, K.I., 1988
• Papasula abbotti (Ridgway, 1893)
  • Sula abbotti Ridgway, 1893
• Sula Brisson, 1760
  • Sula Brisson, 1760
  • Dysporus Illiger, 1811
  • Sularius Rafinesque, 1815
  • Disporus Boie, 1826
  • Disporus Agassiz, 1846
  • Piscatrix Reichenbach, 1853
  • Abeltera Heine & Reichenow, 1890
  • Hemisula Mathews, 1913
  • Parasula Mathews, 1913
• Sula dactylatra Lesson, 1831
  • Sula dactylatra Lesson, 1829
  • Sula dactylatra Lesson, 1831
• Sula dactylatra bedouti Mathews, 1913
• Sula dactylatra personata Gould, 1846
  • Sula personata Gould, 1846
  • Sula dactylatra bedouti Mathews, 1913
• Sula dactylatra tasmani Van Tets, Meredith & Davidson, 1988
  • Sula tasmani Van Tets, Meredith & Davidson, 1988
  • Sula dactylatra fullagari O'Brien & Davies, 1990
• Sula leucogaster (Boddaert, 1783)
  • Pelecanus leucogaster Boddaert, 1783
• Sula leucogaster plotus (J.R. Forster, 1844)
  • Pelecanus plotus J.R. Forster, 1844
  • Sula leucogaster rogersi Mathews, 1913
• Sula sula (Linnaeus, 1766)
  • Sula fusca Brisson, 1760
  • Sula candida Brisson, 1760
  • Pelecanus sula Linnaeus, 1766
• Sula sula rubripes Gould, 1838
  • Sula rubripes Gould, 1838
• Species Inquirenda
  • Pelecanus piscator Linnaeus, 1758
• Family ANHINGIDAE Reichenbach, 1849
  • Plottidia Rafinesque, C.S., 1815
  • Plotinae Bonaparte, C.L., 1831
  • Anhingas Lesson, 1831
  • Anhingidae Reichenbach, H.G.L., 1849
  • Anhingidae Ridgway, R., 1887
  • Ptynginae Poche, F., 1904
• Anhinga Brisson, 1760
  • Anhinga Brisson, 1760
  • Plotus Linnaeus, C., 1766
  • Notoplotus Mathews, 1920
• Anhinga novaehollandiae (Gould, 1847)
• Anhinga novaehollandiae novaehollandiae Gould, 1847
  • Plotus novaehollandiae Gould, 1847
  • Plotus novaehollandiae derbyi Mathews, 1912
• Suborder PELECANI
• Family PELECANIDAE Rafinesque, 1815
  • Pelecanea Rafinesque, C.S., 1815
  • Pelecanidae Vigors, N.A., 1825
  • Dysporidae Sundevall, C.J., 1836
• Pelecanus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Pelecanus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Catoptropelicanus Reichenbach, 1853
• Pelecanus conspicillatus Temminck, 1824
  • Pelecanus conspicillatus Temminck, 1824
  • Pelecanus australis Stephens, 1826
  • Catoptropelicanus perspicillatus Reichenbach, 1853
  • Pelecanus conspicillatus westralis Mathews, 1912

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