Great White Pelican
Pelecanus onocrotalus
Also known as: White Pelican, Eastern White Pelican
Habitat
Aquatic
Diet
VertFishScav
Active Time
Diurnal
Size
9.3 kg
LCAvesPelecaniformesPelecanidae
Seasonal Activity
121,376 sightings · 2000–2026
Citizen science records via GBIF
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Pelecanidae
Traits
- Diet
- VertFishScav
- Foraging
- Aquatic
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Body mass
- 9.3 kg
Photo
(c) Luca Boscain, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Luca Boscain
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Occurrence data from GBIF.