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American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Scientific name definitions

Fritz L. Knopf and Roger M. Evans
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 1, 2004

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Distribution of the American White Pelican - Range Map
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Distribution of the American White Pelican

Recommended Citation

Knopf, F. L. and R. M. Evans (2020). American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (A. F. Poole, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.amwpel.01
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