Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (53)
- Monotypic
Andrew Elliott, David Christie, Francesc Jutglar, Ernest Garcia, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 26, 2015
Text last updated April 26, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Witpelikaan |
| Albanian | Pelikani rozë |
| Arabic | بجعة بيضاء كبيرة |
| Armenian | Վարդագույն հավալուսն |
| Asturian | Pelñcanu comñn |
| Azerbaijani | Çəhrayı qutan |
| Basque | Pelikanoa |
| Bulgarian | Розов пеликан |
| Catalan | pelicà blanc comú |
| Chinese | 白鵜鶘 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 白鵜鶘 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 白鹈鹕 |
| Croatian | ružičasti nesit |
| Czech | pelikán bílý |
| Danish | Hvid Pelikan |
| Dutch | Roze Pelikaan |
| English | Great White Pelican |
| English (India) | Great White Pelican (Rosy Pelican) |
| English (United States) | Great White Pelican |
| Finnish | pelikaani |
| French | Pélican blanc |
| French (France) | Pélican blanc |
| Galician | Pelicano branco |
| German | Rosapelikan |
| Greek | Ροδοπελεκάνος |
| Gujarati | ગુલાબી પેણ |
| Hebrew | שקנאי מצוי |
| Hungarian | Rózsás gödény |
| Icelandic | Roðakani |
| Indonesian | Undan putih |
| Italian | Pellicano comune |
| Japanese | モモイロペリカン |
| Kannada | ದೊಡ್ಡ ಹೆಜ್ಜಾರ್ಲೆ |
| Korean | 큰사다새 |
| Latvian | Sārtais pelikāns |
| Lithuanian | Rožinis pelikanas |
| Malayalam | വെൺ കൊതുമ്പന്നം |
| Norwegian | hvitpelikan |
| Persian | پلیکان سفید |
| Polish | pelikan różowy |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Pelicano-branco |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Pelicano-branco |
| Romanian | Pelican comun |
| Russian | Розовый пеликан |
| Serbian | Ružičasti nesit |
| Slovak | pelikán ružový |
| Slovenian | Rožnati pelikan |
| Spanish | Pelícano Común |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pelícano común |
| Swedish | vit pelikan |
| Turkish | Ak Pelikan |
| Ukrainian | Пелікан рожевий |
| Zulu | ivubelikhulu |
Pelecanus onocrotalus Linnaeus, 1758
PROTONYM:
Pelecanus Onocrotalus
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.132.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Africa, Asia; Caspian Sea, Russia, suggested as restricted type locality by Grant and Mackworth-Praed, 1933, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club, 53, p. 189
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PELECANUS
- pelecanus
- onocrotalus
- Onocrotalus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
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
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Great White Pelican
