The Pelecaniformes are an order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide.
The pelicans, shoebill and hamerkop form a clade within the order, with their next closest relatives being a clade containing the herons, ibises and spoonbills. 


Pelecaniformes    
  Threskiornithidae – ibises, spoonbills (36 species)
  Ardeidae – herons, bitterns (72 species)
  Balaenicipitidae – shoebill
  Scopidae – hamerkop
  Pelecanidae – pelicans (8 species)

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