American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (29)
- Monotypic
Fritz L. Knopf and Roger M. Evans
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 1, 2004
Text last updated November 1, 2004
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Американски розов пеликан |
| Catalan | pelicà blanc americà |
| Croatian | bijeli nesit |
| Czech | pelikán severoamerický |
| Dutch | Witte Pelikaan |
| English | American White Pelican |
| English (United States) | American White Pelican |
| Finnish | amerikanpelikaani |
| French | Pélican d'Amérique |
| French (France) | Pélican d'Amérique |
| German | Nashornpelikan |
| Hebrew | שקנאי אמריקני |
| Japanese | アメリカシロペリカン |
| Norwegian | amerikapelikan |
| Polish | pelikan dzioborogi |
| Russian | Пеликан-носорог |
| Serbian | Američki beli nesit |
| Slovak | pelikán biely |
| Spanish | Pelícano Norteamericano |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Pelícano Blanco Americano |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Pelícano blanco |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Pelícano Blanco |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Pelícano Blanco Americano |
| Spanish (Panama) | Pelícano Blanco Americano |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Pelícano Blanco |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pelícano norteamericano |
| Swedish | hornpelikan |
| Turkish | Amerika Pelikanı |
| Ukrainian | Пелікан рогодзьобий |
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Gmelin, 1789
PROTONYM:
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Gmelin, 1789. Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2, p.571.
TYPE LOCALITY:
North America = Hudson Bay and New York, ex Latham, Syn., 3, 2, p. 586, no. 8.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PELECANUS
- pelecanus
- erythrorhyncha / erythrorhynchos / erythrorhynchum / erythrorhynchus / erythrorrhyncha / erythroryncha / erythrorynchos / erythrorynchus
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Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
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Distribution of the American White Pelican
