Great White Pelican
Pelecanus onocrotalusLinnaeus, C, 1758
English (US) Great White Pelican
The Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Pelecanidae (Pelicans) in the order Pelecaniformes.
Range: locally in south-central Eurasia, southern Asia, and AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pelecanus onocrotalus
- Family
- Pelecanidae (Pelicans)
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Great White Pelican
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
No guides listed yet for Great White Pelican
Be the first expert to offer guided tours for this species.
Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Pelecanus Onocrotalus
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
- Type locality
- Africa, Asia; Caspian Sea, Russia, suggested as restricted type locality by Grant and Mackworth-Praed, 1933, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club, 53, p. 189
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.132
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Pelicans
Looking for a different species?