Aequornithes

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Orthokaryota
Cladus: Neokaryota
Cladus: Scotokaryota
Cladus: Podiata
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Cladus: Eugnathostomata
Cladus: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Cladus: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Sauropsida
Cladus: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Neodiapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Archelosauria
Cladus: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crocopoda
Cladus: Archosauriformes
Cladus: Eucrocopoda
Cladus: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Cladus: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Cladus: Saurischia
Cladus: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Subclassis: Aves
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Cladus: Aequornithes
secundum Mayr, 2011

Cladi: Procellariiformes – Anhingidae – Ardeidae – Balaenicipitidae – Ciconiidae – Fregatidae – Gaviidae – Pelecanidae – Phaethontidae – Phalacrocoracidae – Scopidae – Spheniscidae – Sulidae – Threskiornithidae
secundum Jarvis et al., 2014

Ordines: Gaviiformes – Pelecaniformes – Procellariiformes – Sphenisciformes
secundum Houde et al., 2019

Ordines: Gaviiformes – Pelecaniformes – Ciconiiformes – Suliformes – Procellariiformes – Sphenisciformes
Name

Aequornithes Mayr, 2010: 73
Synonyms

Aequornithia Cracraft, 2013: xxxvii
References
Primary references

Mayr, G. "2011" [2010]. Metaves, Mirandornithes, Strisores and other novelties — a critical review of the higher-level phylogeny of neornithine birds. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 49(1): 58–76. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2010.00586.x Reference page.
Cracraft, J. 2013. Avian Higher-level Relationships and Classification: Nonpasseriforms. xxi–xliii. In: Dickinson, E.C. & Remsen, J.V. (eds.) 2013. The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 4th Edition. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Eastbourne: Aves Press. ISBN 978-0-9568611-0-8 Reference page.

Additional references

Jarvis, E.D., Mirarab, S., Aberer, A.J., Li, B., Houde, P., Li, C., Ho, S.Y.W., Faircloth, B.C., Nabholz, B., Howard, J.T., Suh, A., Weber, C.C., da Fonseca, R.R., Li, J.-W., Zhang, F., Li, H., Zhou, L., Narula, N., Liu, L., Ganapathy, G., Boussau, B., Bayzid, S., Zavidovych, V., Subramanian, S., Gabaldón, T., Capella-Gutiérrez, S., Huerta-Cepas, J., Rekepalli, B., Munch, K., Schierup, M., Lindow, B., Warren, W.C., Ray, D., Green, R.E., Bruford, M.W., Zhan, X.-J., Dixon, A., Li, S.-B., Li, N., Huang, Y.-H., Derryberry, E.P., Bertelsen, M.F., Sheldon, F.H., Brumfield, R.T., Mello, C.V., Lovell, P.V., Wirthlin, M., Schneider, M.P.C., Prosdocimi, F., Samaniego, J.A., Vargas Velazquez, A.M., Alfaro-Núñez, A., Campos, P.F., Petersen, B., Sicheritz-Ponten, T., Pas, A., Bailey, T., Scofield, P., Bunce, M., Lambert, D.M., Zhou, Q., Perelman, P., Driskell, A.C., Shapiro, B., Xiong, Z.-J., Zeng, Y.-L., Liu, S.-P., Li, Z.-Y., Liu, B.-H., Wu, K., Xiao, J., Yinqi, X., Zheng, Q., Zhang, Y., Yang, H.-M., Wang, J., Smeds, L., Rheindt, F.E., Braun, M., Fjeldså, J., Orlando, L., Barker, F.K., Jønsson, K.A., Johnson, W., Koepfli, K.-P., O'Brien, S.J., Haussler, D., Ryder, O.A., Rahbek, C., Willerslev, E., Graves, G.R., Glenn, T.C., McCormack, J., Burt, D., Ellegren, H., Alström, P., Edwards, S.V., Stamatakis, A., Mindell, D.P., Cracraft, J., Braun, E.L., Warnow, T., Jun, W., Gilbert, M.T.P. & Zhang, G.-J. 2014. Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds. Science 346 (6215): 1320–1331. DOI: 10.1126/science.1253451 ResearchGate. Supplementary materials: PDF Reference page.
Houde, P., Braun, E.L., Narula, N., Minjares, U. & Mirarab, S. 2019. Phylogenetic Signal of Indels and the Neoavian Radiation. Diversity 11(7): 108. DOI: 10.3390/d11070108 ResearchGate Reference page.
Braun, E.L. & Kimball, R.T. 2021. Data Types and the Phylogeny of Neoaves. Birds 2(1): 1–22. DOI: 10.3390/birds2010001 ResearchGate Reference page.
Sangster, G. & Mayr, G. 2021. Feraequornithes: a name for the clade formed by Procellariiformes, Sphenisciformes, Ciconiiformes, Suliformes and Pelecaniformes (Aves). Vertebrate Zoology 71: 49–53. DOI: 10.3897/vz.71.e61728 Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Waterbird Assemblage