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Great White Pelican
Pelecanus onocrotalus · Family Pelecanidae
Pelecanus onocrotalus
Family Pelecanidae
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Pelecanidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 138,778
- Countries and territories with records
- 129
About this species
This species has 138,778 occurrence records from 129 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Israel (19.5%), South Africa (18.5%), India (11%), Kenya (7.3%) and Namibia (4.5%); together they account for 60.8% of the total. In Israel, this species accounts for 0.41% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Pelecanus onocrotalus combines the genus name Pelecanus with the species epithet onocrotalus. 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 conspicillatus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 8 species of the family Pelecanidae. This species ranks 4th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Pelecanus occidentalis. Its record count is 17.9% of the family average (774,709). The family Pelecanidae belongs to the order Pelecaniformes, which has 92 species in the Warbla app catalog.