Pélican blanc

Scientific name:

Pelecanus onocrotalus

Threat level:

Least concern

Authority:

Linnaeus, 1758

Common names:

• Great white pelican (English)
• Great white pelican (English)

Version:

3.1

Year assessed:

2008

Assessor(s):

BirdLife International

Evaluator(s):

Bird, J. & Butchart, S. (BirdLife International Red List Authority)

Geographic ranges:

• Afghanistan (Native)
• Azerbaijan (Native)
• Bulgaria (Native)
• Cyprus (Native)
• Georgia (Native)
• Greece (Native)
• Iran, Islamic Republic Of (Native)
• Iraq (Native)
• Israel (Native)
• Kazakhstan (Native)
• Kenya (Native)
• Kuwait (Native)
• Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic Of (Native)
• Mauritania (Native)
• Namibia (Native)
• Romania (Native)
• Senegal (Native)
• Turkey (Native)
• Ukraine (Native)
• Uzbekistan (Native)
• Zambia (Native)
• Montenegro (Possibly extinct)
• Serbia (Possibly extinct)
• Hungary (Regionally extinct)

Population trend:

Unknown

Ecosystems

• Terrestrial

List of habitats:

• Wetlands (inland)
• Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands
• Permanent Saline, Brackish or Alkaline Marshes/Pools
• Marine Intertidal
• Mud Flats and Salt Flats
• Marine Coastal/Supratidal
• Coastal Freshwater Lakes

• BirdLife International 2007. Threatened Birds of the World 2008. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 04/05/2008.