Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Pelicans :: Pink-backed Pelican

Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens

Described by: Gmelin (1789)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Cincinnati Zoo, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - Jun 22, 2001 © William Hull  Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda - Dec, 2005 © Tom Tarrant  The Gambia - Dec, 2002 © Ben van den Broek  Senegal - Feb, 2001 © Jean-Philippe Paris  Kenya - Jun, 2005 © Mike Bayman 
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Range

C. Africa s. of 20°N;
Ex. se. Mauritania, Senegambia, s. and c. Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, n. Nigeria, c. Niger, s. Chad, s. Sudan, ex. se. Egypt, n. Ethiopia, Eritrea on the Red Sea coast and Somalia. Recently along the Red Sea coast of the sw. Arabian Peninsula (n. Yemen, c. Saudi Arabia and Aden), Kenya, Uganda, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola to ex. ne. and coastal Namibia, c. Botswana and ne. South Africa (e. Transvaal and Natal). Formerly wc. Madagascar and the Seychelles (Amirante Is.).

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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