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 (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 |
Pelecanus onocrotalus Linnaeus, 1758
Definitions
- PELECANUS
- pelecanus
- onocrotalus
- Onocrotalus
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Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus Scientific name definitions
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 26, 2015
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
Authors
Andrew Elliott, David Christie, Francesc Jutglar, Ernest Garcia, and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Elliott, A., D. A. Christie, F. Jutglar, E. F. J. Garcia, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus), 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.grwpel1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- April 26, 2015
- Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
Authors
Andrew Elliott, David Christie, Francesc Jutglar, Ernest Garcia, and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
David Christie, Francesc Jutglar, Ernest Garcia, and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Elliott, A., D. A. Christie, F. Jutglar, E. F. J. Garcia, and G. M. Kirwan (2015). Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.