a varied order of birds, mainly fish-eating and colonial nesters, with four-toed webbed feet, bodies adapted for diving, and long beaks with wide gapes and sometimes with a pouch. Pelicans, cormorants, suhteliselt suurte lindude kosmopoliitne selts; 6 sgk-a, 57 liiki ... P-te varbaid (4) ühendab ujunahk. Nokk on pikk, selle all asetseb nahkne kurgupaun (välja arvatud troopiklindlastel). Enamik lenda