The Pelecanidae is a family of pelecaniform birds within the Pelecani that contains three genera: the extinct Eopelecanus and Miopelecanus and the extant Pelecanus.

[4] Pelecanids have existed since the late Eocene (Priabonian)[5] and they still exist today.

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