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Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens Scientific name definitions

Andrew Elliott, David Christie, Francesc Jutglar, Ernest Garcia, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 21, 2015

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Distribution of the Pink-backed Pelican - Range Map
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Distribution of the Pink-backed Pelican

Recommended Citation

Elliott, A., D. A. Christie, F. Jutglar, E. F. J. Garcia, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Pink-backed Pelican (Pelecanus rufescens), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.pibpel1.01
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