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

Pelecanus rufescens Gmelin, 1789

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

PelecanusLinnaeus, 1758accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: kleine pelikaan sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 English: pink-backed pelican sources: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.
 English-United States: Pink-backed Pelican sources: Charles Hussey
 French: pélican gris sources: Avibase - the world bird database
 German: Rötelpelikan sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Israel (Hebrew): שקנאי קטן sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Lithuanian: rausvanugaris pelikanas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: pelikan mały sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: розовоспи́нный пелика́н sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: črnooki pelikan sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: pelícano rosado sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: pembe sırtlı pelikan sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Пелікан рожевоспинний; Рожевоспинний пелікан

Literature

basis of record

Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.

Genbank

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (10 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (167 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Pelecanus rufescens Gmelin, 1789. 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:212726

Drs Cees Roselaar. Pelecanus rufescens Gmelin, 1789. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96627

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

no data

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212726
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:96627

Last modified

2011-04-08 by Drs Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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