| Status | | accepted |
Record status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Pelecanus Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Source | |
basis of record: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London. [details]
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Vernacular Names | | | Language | Name | | |
Dutch |
kleine pelikaan |
[details] |
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English |
pink-backed pelican |
[details] |
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French |
pélican gris |
[details] |
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German |
Rötelpelikan |
[details] |
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Hebrew |
שקנאי קטן |
[details] |
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Lithuanian |
rausvanugaris pelikanas |
[details] |
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Polish |
pelikan mały |
[details] |
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Russian |
розовоспи́нный пелика́н |
[details] |
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Slovenian |
črnooki pelikan |
[details] |
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Spanish |
pelícano rosado |
[details] |
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Turkish |
pembe sırtlı pelikan |
[details] |
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Ukrainian |
Пелікан рожевоспинний |
[details] |
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Ukrainian |
Рожевоспинний пелікан |
[details] |
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| Environment | | marine |
| Distribution | | Africa [details]
Djibouti [details]
Eritrea [details]
Kenya [details]
Mozambique [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Red Sea [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Tanzania [details]
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| Links | | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (167 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To PESI
To ITIS
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| Note | |
Description: Length: 135-152 cm. Plumage: greyish white with a pink tinge; fairly prominent crest; breast feather long and somewhat shaggy; primaries and secondaries brownish grey; tail grey. Immature mostly brownish but with rump back and belly white. Bare parts: iris dark brown; facial skin greyish pink; bill, pouch and orbital ring yellowish or pinkish grey with pink or orange tip; feet and legs grey, pinkish, yellow or orange. Habitat: coastal bays and estuaries and inland waters. <388><393><391> [details]
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| Image | |
Pelecanus rufescens added on 2009-02-18 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: not checked |
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212726 |
Taxonomic Edit history | |
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| | | [Taxonomic tree] [Distribution map] [Google] [Google scholar] [Google images] |
| | | Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Pelecanus rufescens Gmelin, 1789. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212726 on 2013-05-25 |
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