Editing Pelican (section)

===Taxonomy history===
{{Main|Pelecaniformes#Systematics and evolution}}
The genus ''Pelecanus'' was first formally described by [[Carl Linnaeus]] in his landmark 1758 [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'']]. He described the distinguishing characteristics as a straight bill hooked at the tip, linear nostrils, a bare face, and fully webbed feet. This early definition included frigatebirds, cormorants, and [[Sulidae|sulids]], as well as pelicans.<ref name="linnaeus">{{cite book |last=Linnaeus |first=C. |author-link=Carl Linnaeus |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/727037 |title=Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae Editio Decima |publisher=Lars Salvius |year=1758 |volume=1 |location=Stockholm |pages=132–34 |language=la |quote=Rostrum edentulum, rectum: apice adunco, unguiculato. Nares lineares. Facies nuda. Pedes digitís omnibus palmatis.}}</ref> The family Pelecanidae was later introduced (as Pelicanea) by the French [[polymath]] [[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque]] in 1815.<ref>{{cite book | last=Rafinesque | first=Constantine Samuel | author-link=Constantine Samuel Rafinesque | year=1815 | title=Analyse de la nature ou, Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés | volume=1815 | publisher=Self-published | place=Palermo | language=fr | page=72 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48310150 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Bock | first=Walter J. | year=1994 | title=History and Nomenclature of Avian Family-Group Names | series=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History | volume= 222 | publisher=American Museum of Natural History | place=New York | pages=131, 252 | hdl=2246/830 }}<!--Linked page allows download of the 48MB pdf--></ref>