Suliformes

E243295

order of birds taxonomic rank

Suliformes is an order of modern seabirds that includes cormorants, boobies, gannets, frigatebirds, and related species adapted to aquatic life.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Suliformes canonical	10
Anhingidae	2

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	order of birds ⓘ taxonomic rank ⓘ
adaptation	aquatic lifestyle ⓘ diving ability ⓘ hooked bills ⓘ salt glands for excreting excess salt ⓘ webbed feet ⓘ
clade	Aequornithes ⓘ Neoaves ⓘ Neognathae ⓘ
class	Aves ⓘ
conservationConcern	several species threatened by habitat loss ⓘ several species threatened by overfishing ⓘ several species threatened by pollution ⓘ
currentClassificationBasis	molecular phylogenetic studies ⓘ
diet	fish ⓘ other marine organisms ⓘ squid ⓘ
distribution	primarily tropical and temperate oceans ⓘ worldwide ⓘ
eggColor	white ⓘ
foragingStrategy	plunge diving ⓘ pursuit diving ⓘ surface piracy ⓘ
habitat	coastal waters ⓘ inland freshwater bodies ⓘ marine environments ⓘ
hasCommonName	suliform birds ⓘ
includesCommonGroup	boobies ⓘ cormorants ⓘ darters ⓘ frigatebirds ⓘ gannets ⓘ shags ⓘ
includesFamily	Suliformes self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Anhingidae Fregatidae ⓘ Phalacrocoracidae ⓘ Sulidae ⓘ
kingdom	Animalia ⓘ
notableBehavior	kleptoparasitism in frigatebirds ⓘ
notableMorphology	elongated necks ⓘ relatively long wings ⓘ strong hooked beaks ⓘ
phylum	Chordata ⓘ
previousClassification	suborder of Pelecaniformes ⓘ
reproduction	colonial breeder ⓘ
taxonAuthor	Charles Lucien Bonaparte ⓘ Johann Jakob Kaup ⓘ
timeRecognizedAsSeparateOrder	late 20th century ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Neoaves → contains → Suliformes ⓘ

northern gannet → order → Suliformes ⓘ

Fregatidae → order → Suliformes ⓘ

Inopinaves → includes → Suliformes ⓘ

Abbott’s booby → order → Suliformes ⓘ

Christmas Island frigatebird → order → Suliformes ⓘ

Aequornithes → includesTaxon → Suliformes ⓘ

Sulidae → order → Suliformes ⓘ

Phalacrocoracidae → order → Suliformes ⓘ

Phalacrocoracidae → relatedTo → Suliformes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anhingidae

Suliformes → includesFamily → Suliformes self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anhingidae

Nazca booby → order → Suliformes ⓘ