Meet Suliformes, one of the newest orders of birds
10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2011
Brown Boobies ( Sula leucogaster ), Islas Coronado, Baja California © David J. That larger clade is in turn sister to a clade containing the four remaining totipalmate bird families, which do still seem to be related, and which needed a new order name once pelicans were removed. And, the birds are awesome.
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