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THE COLPOCEPHALUM (MALLOPHAGA: MENOPONIDAE) OF THE PELECANIFORMES
The Canadian Entomologist, 1967AbstractFive species of the genus are discussed and illustrated, including a new species, C. occidentalis from Pelecanus occidentalis. The lectotype is designated for C. unciferum Kellogg, fixing the type-host as Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. A key is given to the species.
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Forelimb skeletal morphology and flight mode evolution in pelecaniform birds
Zoology, 2010The total length and mid-shaft diameters of wing elements of 50 species of pelecaniform birds were examined to investigate how forelimb skeletal morphology varies with body size and flight mode within this group. Pelecaniforms were assigned to flight mode categories based on primary habitual behaviors (soar, flap-glide, continuous flap). Allometric and
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A study of the egg shells of the Gaviiformes, Procellariiformes, Podicipitiformes and Pelecaniformes
Journal of Zoology, 1969Egg shells of the Gaviiformes, Procellariiformes, Podicipitiformes and Pelecaniformes have been studied using general inspection, chemical analysis, histological and plastic embedding techniques.In all four orders there is a true shell consisting of large crystals having their origin at the surface of the membrane.
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Some relationships between food and breeding in the marine Pelecaniformes
1977David Lack stimulated me to look at seabird ecology from an evolutionary viewpoint and to become particularly intrigued by the phenomenon of ‘holistic’ adaptation, which he chose as the theme of his Presidential address to the 1966 International Ornithological Congress.
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Colonial Nesting Birds of Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan (Pelecaniformes, Ciconiiformes)
Russian Journal of Marine Biology, 2020I. Tiunov, I. Katin
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