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