WoRMS taxon details
Pelecanus Linnaeus, 1758
AphiaID: 137052
AphiaID: 137052
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Pelecaniformes (Order) > Pelecanidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Added by Database Management Team | |||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||
| Parent | Pelecanidae | |||||||
| Sources |
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., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] 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 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London. [details] | |||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Pelecanus conspicillatus Temminck, 1824 Species Pelecanus crispus Bruch, 1832 Species Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Gmelin, 1789 Species Pelecanus occidentalis Linnaeus, 1766 Species Pelecanus onocrotalus Linnaeus, 1758 Species Pelecanus philippensis Gmelin, 1789 Species Pelecanus rufescens Gmelin, 1789 | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||
| Note |
Description: Size: very large to enormous. Plumage: silky; white or grey with some black. Other details: wings long, tail very short; bill long; upper mandible rigid, keeled above, serrated within and strongly hooked at the tip; lower mandible flexible with a large muscular extensible pouch. Legs short and stout set far back on the body. Bare parts brightly coloured. [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137052 | |||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Pelecanus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137052 on 2013-05-22 | ||||||||
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