This mentioned taxonomy is an attempt to make an conclusive assignment from the different classifications of various scientists. Because the taxonomy may change due to the latest investigative methods and other findings, our map is a guide only.
G. Mayr, 2019 - A fossil heron from the early Oligocene of Belgium: the earliest temporally well-constrained record of the Ardeidae - Ibis (161), 79-90 (journal article, English)
D. W. Steadman, 2019 - A new genus and species of heron (Aves: Ardeidae) from the late Miocene of Florida - Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History (55), 174-186 (journal article, English)
T. H. Worthy, 2019 - Prehistoric avifaunas from the Kingdom of Tonga - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (189), 998-1045 (journal article, English)
D. Michailidis, 2018 - The ornithological remains from Marathousa 1 (Middle Pleistocene; Megalopolis Basin, Greece) - Quaternary International (497), 85-94 (journal article, English)
H. Matsuoka, 2018 - Birds around the Minatogawa Man: the Late Pleistocene avian fossil assemblage of the Minatogawa Fissure, southern part of Okinawa Island, Central Ryukyu Islands, Japan - Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History (22), 1-21 (journal article, English)
S. Rigal, 2018 - New prehistoric avifaunas from the Gambier Group, French Polynesia - Palaeontologia Electronica (21), 1-35 (journal article, English)
M. Pavia, 2018 - A new Middle Pleistocene bird assemblage from Cava di Breccia di Casal Selce (Ponte Galeria, Rome, Italy) - Avocetta (42), 31-38 (journal article, English)
E. Shute, 2017 - Taxonomic review of the late Cenozoic megapodes (Galliformes: Megapodiidae) of Australia - Royal Society Open Science (4), 17023- (journal article, English)
J. F. Clements, 2017 - - The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017 (), - (book, English)
T. A. Stidham, 2014 - A Pelican Tarsometatarsus (Aves: Pelecanidae) from the Latest Pliocene Siwaliks of India - PLoS One (9), e1121- (journal article, English)
J. del Hoyo, 2014 - HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines - (), 1-904 (book, English)
N. D. Smith, 2013 - A new species of Threskiornithidae-like bird (Aves, Ciconiiformes) from the Green River Formation (Eocene) of Wyoming - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (33), 363-381 (journal article, English)
T. H. Worthy, 2013 - A Bittern (Aves: Ardeidae) from the Early Miocene of New Zealand - Paleontological Journal (47), 1331-1343 (journal article, English)
J. P. Hume, 2013 - A synopsis of the pre-human avifauna of the Mascarene Islands - Proceedings of the 8th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution (), 195-237 (journal article, English)
F. J. Degrange, 2012 - Diversity and paleobiology of the Santacrucian birds - Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation (), 138-155 (book chapter, English)
R. P. Scofield, 2010 - A Heron (Aves: Ardeidae) from the Early Miocene St Bathans Fauna of Southern New Zealand - Records of the Australian Museum (62), 89-104 (journal article, English)
E. Bourdon, 2008 - A new seabird (Aves, cf. Phaethontidae) from the Lower Eocene phosphates of Morocco - GeoBios (41), 455-459 (journal article, English)
B. C. Livezey, 2007 - Higher-order phylogeny of modern birds (Theropoda, Aves: Neornithes) based on comparative anatomy. II. Analysis and discussion - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (149), 1-95 (journal article, English)
M. Chavez, 2007 - El registro de Pelagornithidae (Aves: Pelecaniformes) y la avifauna neogena del Pacifico sudeste - Bulletin de l'Institut Francais d'Etudes Andines (36), 175-197 (journal article, English)
S. L. Olson, 2006 - A new species of night-heron (Ardeidae: Nyctanassa) from Quaternary deposits on Bermuda - Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington (119), 326-337 (journal article, English)
E. Bourdon, 2005 - Earliest African neornithine bird: a new species of Prophaethontidae (Aves) from the Paleocene of Morocco - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (25), 157-170 (journal article, English)
W. R. P. Bourne, 2003 - A new subfossil night heron and a new genus for the extinct rail Ascension Island, central tropical Atlantic Ocean - Ardea (91), 45-51 (journal article, English)
S. Hope, 2002 - The Mesozoic radiation of Neornithes - Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of Dinosaurs. University of California Press, Berkeley (), 339-388 (book/book chapter, English)
J. J. Sepkoski, Jr., 2002 - A compendium of fossil marine animal genera - Bulletins of American Paleontology (363), 1-560 (serial monograph, English)
G. Mayr, 2002 - A skull of a new pelecaniform bird from the Middle Eocene of Messel, Germany - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica (47), 507-512 (journal article, English)
S. L. Olson, 2001 - Miocene and Pliocene birds from the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina - Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology (90), 233-365 (journal article, English)
D. W. Steadman, 2000 - New species and records of birds from prehistoric sites on Niue, southwest Pacific - The Wilson Bulletin (112), 165-186 (journal article, English)
C. Mourer-Chauviré, 1999 - The avifauna of Réunion Island (Mascarene Islands) at the time of the arrival of the first Europeans - Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology (89), 1-38 (serial monograph, English)
S. L. Olson, 1999 - A new species of pelican (Aves: Pelecanidae) from the Lower Pliocene of North Carolina and Florida - Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington (112), 503-509 (journal article, English)
S. D. Emslie, 1998 - Avian community, climate, and sea-level changes in the Plio-Pleistocene of the Florida Peninsula - Ornithological Monographs (), 1-113 (serial monograph, English)
S. D. Emslie, 1995 - An early Irvingtonian avifauna from Leisey Shell Pit, Florida - Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History (37), 299-344 (journal article, English)
G. S. Cowles, 1994 - A new genus, three new species and two new records of extinct Holocene birds from Réunion Island, Indian Ocean - Geobios (27), 87-93 (journal article, English)
S. D. Emslie, 1992 - Two new late Blancan avifaunas from Florida and the extinction of wetland birds in the Plio-Pleistocene - Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series (), 249-269 (journal article, English)
D. A. Guthrie, 1992 - A late Pleistocene avifauna from San Miguel Island, California - Science Series (36), 319-327 (journal article, English)
G. F. van Tets, 1989 - A reappraisal of Protoplotus beauforti from the early Tertiary of Sumatra and the basis of a new pelecaniform family - Publication of the Geological Research and Development Centre, Indonesia. Paleontology Series (5), 57-75 (journal article, English)
R. L. Carroll, 1988 - - Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution (), 1-698 (compendium, English)
S. L. Olson, 1985 - A new genus of tropicbird (Pelecaniformes; Phaethontidae) from the middle Miocene Calvert Formation of Maryland - Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington (98), 851-855 (journal article, English)
S. L. Olson, 1985 - The fossil record of birds - Avian Biology (VIII), 79-256 (book/book chapter, English)
J. J. Becker, 1985 - Fossil herons (Aves: Ardeidae) of the late Miocene and early Pliocene of Florida - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (5), 24-31 (journal article, English)
D. St. Peters, 1983 - Die "Schnepfenralle" Rhynchaeites messelensis Wittich 1898 ist ein Ibis (The "snipe rail" Rhynchaeites messelensis Wittich 1898 is an ibis) - Journal für Ornithologie (124), 1-27 (journal article, German)
K. E. Campbell, 1979 - The non-passerine Pleistocene avifauna of the Talara Tar Seeps, northwestern Peru - Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contribution (118), 1-203 (serial monograph, English)
S. L. Olson, 1977 - A new genus of flightless ibis (Threskiornithidae) and other fossil birds from cave deposits in Jamaica - Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington (90), 447-457 (journal article, English)
S. L. Olson, 1977 - A Lower Eocene frigatebird from the Green River Formation of Wyoming (Pelecaniformes: Fregatidae) - Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology (35), 1-33 (journal article, English)
R. Alvarez, 1977 - A Pleistocene avifauna from Jalisco, Mexico - Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, The University of Michigan (24), 205-220 (journal article, English)
K. E. Campbell, 1976 - An early Pleistocene avifauna from Haile XVA, Florida - The Wilson Bulletin (88), 345-347 (journal article, English)
H. Howard, 1972 - Type specimens of avian fossils in the collections of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County - Contributions in Science (), 1-27 (journal article, English)
G. G. Simpson, 1972 - Conspectus of Patagonian fossil penguins - American Museum Novitates (2488), 1-37 (journal article, English)
J. Cracraft, 1972 - A new Cretaceous charadriiform family - The Auk (89), 36-46 (journal article, English)
J. Brunet, 1970 - Oiseaux de l'Éocène supérieur du bassin de Paris - Annales de Paléontologie. Vertébrés (56), 3-57 (journal article, French)
P. Brodkorb, 1967 - Catalogue of fossil birds: Part 3 (Ralliformes, Ichthyornithiformes, Charadriiformes) - Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences (11), 99-220 (journal article, English)
P. Brodkorb, 1963 - Fossil birds from the Alachua Clay of Florida - Florida Geological Survey Special Publication (2), 1-17 (journal article, English)
P. Brodkorb, 1963 - Birds from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming - Proceedings of the XIII International Ornithological Congress (), 55-70 (journal article, English)
J. J. McCoy, 1963 - The fossil avifauna of Itchtucknee River, Florida - The Auk (80), 335-351 (journal article, English)
A. Wetmore, 1962 - Notes on fossil and subfossil birds - Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (145), 1-17 (journal article, English)
A. Wetmore, 1960 - A classification for the birds of the world - Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (139), 1-37 (journal article, English)
P. Brodkorb, 1955 - The avifauna of the Bone Valley Formation - Florida Geological Survey Report of Investigations (14), 1-57 (journal article, English)
H. Howard, 1946 - A review of the Pleistocene birds of Fossil Lake, Oregon - Carnegie Institution of Washington PUblication (551), 141-195 (journal article, English)
A. Wetmore, 1940 - A check-list of the fossil birds of North America - Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (99), 1-81 (journal article, English)
K. Lambrecht, 1933 - Handbuch der Palaeornithologie - (), 1-1024 (book, English)
A. Wetmore, 1933 - Pliocene bird remains from Idaho - Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (87), 1-12 (journal article, English)
K. Lambrecht, 1931 - Protoplotus beauforti n.g. n.sp., ein Schlangenhalsvogel aus dem Tertiär von W. Sumatra - Wetenschappelijke Mededeelingen Dienst van den Mijnbouw in Nederlandisch-Indie (17), 15-24 (journal article, German)
A. Wetmore, 1931 - The avifauna of the Pleistocene in Florida - Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (85), 1-41 (journal article, English)
A. Wemore, 1928 - The systematic position of the fossil bird Cyphornis magnus - National Museum of Canada Bulletin (49), 1-4 (journal article, English)
R. W. Shufeldt, 1917 - Fossil birds found at Vero, Florida - Florida State Geological Survey Annual Report (9), 35-42 (journal article, English)
R. W. Shufeldt, 1915 - Fossil birds in the Marsh Collection of Yale University - Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (19), 1-110 (journal article, English)
C. W. De Vis, 1905 - A contribution to the knowledge of the extinct avifauna of Australia - Annals of the Queensland Museum (6), 3-25 (journal article, English)
F. Ameghino, 1905 - Enumeracion de los Impennes Fosiles de Patagonia y de la Isla Seymour - Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires (6), 97-167 (journal article, English)
F. Ameghino, 1899 - Supplemento (Adiciones y Correcciones) - Sinopsis Geologico-Paleontologica (), 1-13 (book/book chapter, Portugese)
E. Wittich, 1898 - Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Messeler Braunkohle und ihrer Fauna - Abhandlungen der großherzoglich Hessischen geologischen Landesanstalt zu Darmstadt (3), 79-147 (journal article, German)
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E. Newton, 1893 - On additional bones of the Dodo and other extinct birds of Mauritius obtained by Mr. Théodore Sauzier - Transactions of the Zoological Society of London (13), 281-302 (journal article, English)
C. W. De Vis, 1892 - Residue of the extinct birds of Queensland as yet detected - Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (6), 437-456 (journal article, English)
R. W. Shufeldt, 1891 - Fossil birds from the Equus Beds of Oregon - American Naturalist (25), 818-821 (journal article, English)
W. Davies, 1880 - On some fossil bird-remains from the Siwalik Hills in the British Museum - Geological Magazine (2), 18-29 (journal article, English)
A. Milne-Edwards, 1874 - Recherches sur la faune ancienne des Iles Mascareignes - Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Cinquième Série, Zoologie et Paléontologie (19), 1-31 (journal article, French)
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