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Great White Pelican / Pelecanus onocrotalus LC
- Synonyms Rosy Pelican, European White Pelican, White Pelican, Eastern White Pelican
- Old latin name for bird Pelecanus roseus
Great White Pelicanbird sounds *
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Related species
American White Pelican
Dalmatian Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
Brown Pelican
Peruvian Pelican
Spot-billed Pelican
Australian Pelican
Where to see Great White Pelican
- Breeding region Africa, Eurasia
- Breeding subregion patchily inland e Europe to e Kazakhstan; Sub-Saharan Africa
- Non breeding region to Africa and n India
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Benin
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- China
- Congo
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Hungary
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Moldova
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palestine, State of
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Abkhazian | аБабыр, аБыбыр |
| Afrikaans | Witpelikaan |
| Albanian | Pelikani rozë |
| Arabic | البجعة البيضاء البجعة, بجعة بيضاء كبيرة, البجعة البيضاء, البجع الأبيض |
| Armenian | [Vardaguyn Havalusn ], Վարդագույն Հավալուսն |
| Azerbaijani | Çəhrayı qutan |
| Bashkir | ал берғаҙан , алһыу пеликан |
| Basque | Pelekanoa, Pelicà vulgar, Pelikanoa, Pelikano |
| Belarusian | Ружавы пэлікан, Ружовы пелікан, Ружовы пелiкан, Пелікан ружовы |
| Bengali | বড় ধলা গগণবেড়, ফড় ধরা গগণমফড় |
| Breton | Pilikant gwenn |
| Bulgarian | Розов пеликан |
| Catalan | Pelicà, pelicà blanc comú, Pelicà vulgar |
| Chinese | 白鹈鹕, [bai tihu], 白鵜鶘 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 白鵜鶘 |
| Chuvash | кĕрен пеликан |
| Croatian | ružičasti nesit |
| Czech | Pelikán menší, pelikán bílý |
| Danish | Pelikan, Hvid Pelikan |
| Dutch | Roze Pelikaan, Pelikaan, Gewone pelikaan |
| Esperanto | Onokrotala pelikano, Blanka pelikano |
| Estonian | pelikan e. roosapelikan, Pelikan, pelikan (roosapelikan) |
| Faroese | Pelikánur |
| Finnish | pelikaani, ruusupelikaani, Ruusupelikkani |
| French | Pélican blanc |
| Frisian | Pelikaan |
| Galician | Pelicà vulgar, Pelicano branco |
| Georgian | ვარდისფერი ვარხვი, ვარდისფერი ვარხვა |
| German | Rosapelikan, Weisspelikan |
| Greek | Ροδοπελεκάνος, Ρoδoπελεκάvoς |
| Hebrew | שקנאי לבן, שקנאי מצוי |
| Hungarian | rózsás gödény |
| Icelandic | Roðakani |
| Indonesian | Undan putih, Burung Undan Putih |
| Irish | Peileacán bán |
| Italian | Pellicano bianco, Pellicano, Pellicano comune |
| Japanese | モモイロペリカン |
| Kazakh | қызыл бірқазан, Қызғылт бірқазан |
| Korean | 큰사다새 |
| Latvian | sārtais pelikāns |
| Lithuanian | rožinis pelikanas, Rausvasis pelikanas |
| Luxembourgish | Rosapelikan |
| Macedonian | обичен пеликан, Розов (Обичен) пеликан |
| Malay | Burung Undan Putih |
| Malayalam | വെൺ കൊതുമ്പന്നം, വെണ് കൊതുമ്പന്നം |
| Maltese | Pellikan, pelikan |
| Manx | Pellagan, Pellegan |
| Mongolian | перугийн хотон |
| Nepali | ठूलो घाउ“के हावासील |
| Northern Sami | Pelikána |
| Norwegian | hvitpelikan |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Kvitpelikan |
| Persian | پلیکان سفید, پلیکان (مرغ سقای) سفید, پلیکان سفید |
| Polish | Pelikan baba, pelikan różowy (pelikan baba), pelikan różowy, pelikan rózowy |
| Portuguese | Pelicano-vulgar, pelicano-branco, pelicano vulgar, Branco |
| Romanian | Pelican comun |
| Romansh | Pelican alv, pelican rosa |
| Russian | Розовый пеликан, Rozovy Pelikan, Пеликан розовый, Розовый пелекан |
| Serbian | Ružičasti nesit, bijeli pelikan, Несит, nesit, pelikan, Мали пеликан |
| Slovak | Pelikán bielý, pelikán ružový, Pelikán obyčajný |
| Slovenian | rožnati pelikan |
| Spanish | Pelícano vulgar, Pelícano común, Pelícano Blanco |
| Swahili | Mwari Mweupe |
| Swedish | vit pelikan, Pelikan |
| Thai | นกกระทุงขาว |
| Tsonga | Gumbula |
| Turkish | Kaşıkçı Kuşu, Beyaz Pelikan, Ak Pelikan, Akpelikan |
| Turkmen | gyzgylt gotan |
| Ukrainian | Баба, Рожевий пелікан, пелікан рожевий, Пелікан рожевий |
| Uzbek | қизил бирқозон, пушти сақоқуш, пушти бирқозон,қизғиш бирқозон |
| Vietnamese | Bồ nông chân hồng, Chim Bồ nông chân hồng, Lềnh đềnh chân hồng, Chim Lềnh đềnh chân hồng |
| Welsh | Pelican gwyn |
| Xhosa | Ingcwanguba |
| Zulu | iFuba |