Suloidea

From Palaeos

<==Suloidea [Sulae]
   |--+--+--Sulidae
   |  |  `--Elopteryx [Elopterygidae]
   |  |       `--E. nopscai
   |  `--Anhingidae [Anhinginae, Plotinae, Plottinae, Ptynginae]
   |       |--Protoplotus beauforti
   |       `--Anhinga Brison 1760 (see below for synonymy)
   |            |--*A. anhinga
   |            |--A. melanogaster Pennant 1769
   |            |    |--A. m. melanogaster
   |            |    `--A. m. novaehollandiae
   |            `--A. rufa [=A. melanogaster rufa]
   `--Phalacrocoracidae [Halieidae]
        |  i. s.: Nannopterum harrisi
        |--Phalacrocorax
        `--Leucocarboninae
             |--Stictocarbo
             |    |--S. featherstoni (Buller 1873)
             |    `--S. punctatus (Sparrman 1786)
             |         |--S. p. punctatus
             |         `--S. p. steadi (Oliver 1930)
             `--Leucocarbo Bonaparte 1857
                  |--L. atriceps (King 1828)
                  |--L. campbelli (Filhol 1878) [=Nesocarbo campbelli]
                  |--L. carunculatus (Gmelin 1789) [incl. L. chalconotus (Gray 1845)]
                  |--L. colensoi (Buller 1888) [=Euleucocarbo colensoi]
                  |--L. onslowi (Forbes 1893) [=Euleucocarbo onslowi]
                  |--L. purpurascens (Brandt 1837) (see below for synonymy)
                  `--L. ranfurlyi (Ogilvie-Grant 1901) [=Euleucocarbo ranfurlyi]

Anhinga Brison 1760 [incl. Plotus Linnaeus 1766, Plottus (l. c.), Ptynx Möhring 1752 (pre-Linnean) non Blyth 1840]

Leucocarbo purpurascens (Brandt 1837) [=L. atriceps purpurascens, Notocarbo purpurascens]

* Type species of generic name indicated

References

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