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Pelecaniformes
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) -
Threskiornithidae, Ho Co Quam
The family Threskiornithidae, which belongs to the bird order Pelecaniformes, includes 36 species of large wading birds.