Suliformes

order of birds

Suliformes is an order of aquatic birds. In the order, there are adaptations of the feet, which make them good at swimming: there's a thin layer of skin between the toes.

Suliformes
Temporal range: Eocene - present 50–0 Ma
Northern gannet (Morus bassanus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain:Eukaryota
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Clade:Aequornithes
Order:Suliformes
Sharpe, 1891
Families

The order contains the following families: