Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Pelecaniformes > Family Pelecanidae > Genus Pelecanus

Pelecanus onocrotalus Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pelecanus*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: pelikani rozë sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bokmål (Norwegian): hvitpelikan sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Bulgarian: Розов пеликан sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: roze pelikaan sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: great white pelican; white pelican sources: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.;UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

English-United States: Great White Pelican sources: Charles Hussey

French: pélican blanc sources: Avibase - the world bird database

German: Rosapelikan sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Ροδοπελεκάνος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Israel (Hebrew): שקנאי מצוי sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: pellicano sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: rožinis pelikanas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: hvitpelikan; pvitpelikan sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: hvitpelikan sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 132

Norwegian Nynorsk: kvitpelikan sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 132

Nynorsk (Norwegian): kvitpelikan sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: pelikan różowy sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: pelicanul comun sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: Пеликан розовый; розовый пеликан sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: rožnati pelikan sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: pelícano común sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: vit pelikan sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: ak pelikan sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Пелікан рожевий; Рожевий пелікан

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (34 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (515 publications)
Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Pelecanus onocrotalus Linnaeus, 1758. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137176

Drs Cees Roselaar. Pelecanus onocrotalus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96625