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Phaethontiformes
Taxonomy
Phaethontes was named by Sharpe (1891). It is extant.
It was reranked as the order Phaethontiformes by Bourdon et al. (2005), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Mayr and Scofield (2016).
It was assigned to Neornithes by Bourdon et al. (2005); to Pelecaniformes by Lambrecht (1933), Olson (1985), Olson (1985), Carroll (1988) and Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Aves by del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Aves by Mayr and Scofield (2016).
It was reranked as the order Phaethontiformes by Bourdon et al. (2005), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Mayr and Scofield (2016).
It was assigned to Neornithes by Bourdon et al. (2005); to Pelecaniformes by Lambrecht (1933), Olson (1985), Olson (1985), Carroll (1988) and Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Aves by del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Aves by Mayr and Scofield (2016).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1891 | Phaethontes Sharpe |
| 1933 | Phaetontes Lambrecht p. 276 |
| 1985 | Phaethontes Olson p. 193 |
| 1988 | Phaethontes Carroll |
| 2005 | Phaethontiformes Bourdon et al. p. 167 |
| 2007 | Phaethontes Livezey and Zusi p. 91 |
| 2014 | Phaethontiformes del Hoyo et al. |
| 2016 | Phaethontiformes Mayr and Scofield p. 2 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Or. Phaethontiformes Sharpe 1891
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Fm. Phaethontidae Brandt 1831 [tropicbird]
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G. †Heliadornis Olson 1985
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†Heliadornis ashbyi Olson 1985
†Heliadornis paratethydicus Mlíkovský 1997
G. Phaethon Linnaeus 1758
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Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus 1758 [red-billed tropicbird]
Phaethon lepturus Daudin 1802 [white-tailed tropicbird]
Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert 1783 [red-tailed tropicbird]
Fm. †Prophaethontidae Harrison and Walker 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available