Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > 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.

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.;van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

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

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

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

Norwegian Nynorsk: 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. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
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.