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Also known as Pelecanidae, Pelecanid, Pelecanids

The Pelecanidae is a family of pelecaniform birds within the Pelecani that contains three genera: the extinct Eopelecanus and Miopelecanus and the extant Pelecanus.

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The Pelecanidae is a family of pelecaniform birds within the Pelecani that contains three genera: the extinct Eopelecanus and Miopelecanus and the extant Pelecanus.

Pelecanids have existed since the late Eocene (Priabonian) and they still exist today.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “pelicans” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.