Pellornis

{{Short description|Extinct genus of birds}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{Geological range|55.8|48.6|ref={{cite web|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=241462 |title=†Pellornis Bertelli et al. 2011 (bird)|website=Fossilworks}}}}Early Eocene

| taxon = Pellornis

| authority = Bertelli et al., 2011

| type_species = {{extinct}}Pellornis mikkelseni

| type_species_authority = (Bertelli et al. 2011)

}}

Pellornis is an extinct genus of gruiform bird from the Early Eocene of Denmark.Bertelli, S. Chiappe, L.M. & Mayr, G. (2011) A new Messel rail from the Early Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark (Aves, Messelornithidae). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 9(4):551-562.Musser, G. et al. (2019) New Material of Paleocene-Eocene Pellornis (Aves: Gruiformes) Clarifies the Pattern and Timing of the Extant Gruiform Radiation. Diversity, 11(7), 102; https://doi.org/10.3390/d11070102