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Australian Pelican
Pelecanus conspicillatus · Family Pelecanidae
Pelecanus conspicillatus
Family Pelecanidae
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Pelecanidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 687,894
- Countries and territories with records
- 18
About this species
This species has 687,894 occurrence records from 18 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Australia accounts for 99.8% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In Australia, this species accounts for 0.63% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Pelecanus conspicillatus combines the genus name Pelecanus with the species epithet conspicillatus. The Warbla app catalog lists 8 species of the genus Pelecanus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos and Pelecanus onocrotalus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 8 species of the family Pelecanidae. This species ranks 3rd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Pelecanus occidentalis. Its record count is close to the family average (774,709). The family Pelecanidae belongs to the order Pelecaniformes, which has 92 species in the Warbla app catalog.