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Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus © Ian Montgomery http://birdway.com.au According to the IOC there are eight species in this family, which are: Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis Peruvian Pelican Pelecanus thagus

family links

Avian Demography Unit - Pelicanidae http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/stats/adu/safring/results/0041pelican.htm A ringing history of Pelicans in southern Africa, 1948-2002... Pelicans Pelecanidae http://www.eeb.cornell.edu/winkler/botw/pelecanidae.html Family account... Pelicans Pelecanidae http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Pelecanidae.html Family account... Pelicans Pelecanidae http://www.amazilia.net/images/Birds/Pelicans/Pelicans.htm Links to 5 species accounts...

species links

American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec15-6.html Images, video, sound recordings and references... American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos http://www.canadianbiodiversity.mcgill.ca/english/species/birds/birdpages/pel_ery.htm Image and Canadian distribution map and notes... American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos http://www.utahbirds.org/birdsofutah/BirdsA-C/AmericanWhitePelican2.htm Very good images... American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos http://losbird.org/labirds/awpe.htm Good [group] image and notes... American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos http://echotourism.com/birding/wpelican.htm Fact sheet and image American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos http://fwp.mt.gov/fieldguide/mediaDisplay.aspx?id=5378&elcode=ABNFC01010 Image etc... American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos http://www.borealforest.org/world/birds/american_white_pelican.htm Profile and image American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos http://www.birdsofoklahoma.net/Awhitepel01.htm Brilliant in flight image and fact file American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i1250id.html Full species account... American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Flight http://rrc.boisestate.edu/Current%20projects/Pelican/American%20White%20Pelican%20Flight.htm Using the Argos Satellite System to predict American white pelican flight altitudes... American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Flight http://www.utahbirds.org/birdsofutah/BirdsA-C/AmericanWhitePelican.htm Images and notes... American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Flight http://www.boneclones.com/BC-065.htm Image of skull American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Flight http://www.audubon.org/bird/BoA/F41_G4a.html Audubon's species account... American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Flight http://www.holoweb.com/cannon/ameriocan.htm Good image American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos http://www.interaktv.com/birds/speciesaccounts/americanwhitepelican.html B&W Image and line drawing and book links American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos http://raysweb.net/specialplaces/pages/pelican.html Fact sheet with images.. Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec15-5.html Images and references... Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus http://www.amonline.net.au/birds/factsheets/pelican.htm Very comprehensive fact sheet... Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus http://www.touringaustralia.de/Birds/Australian-pelican.php Image + notes Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus http://home.vicnet.net.au/~fbpw/pelican.htm Fact file... Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/birds/pelican.htm Teachers notes and image Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis http://www.miamisci.org/ecolinks/everglades/brownpelicaninfo.html Image and notes Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/mlist/h1260.html Comprehensive species account... Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis http://www.sweetwater.org/habitat/brown_pelican.html Very good image and notes... Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/brownpelican.htm Images and comprehensive fact sheet... Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis http://webserv.nhl.nl/~ribot/english/peoc_ng.htm Image and status in Suriname with distribution maps etc... Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Pelecanus_occidentalis.html Species account with images etc... Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i1260id.html Species account with images etc. Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis http://www.50states.com/bird/bpelican.htm Audubon's original species account with images Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis http://www.audubon.org/bird/BoA/F41_G4b.html Audubon's original speciea account with images etc... Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus http://www.ornithologiki.gr/en/lib/enfpel.htm In the lagoons of Dalmatian Pelicans... Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec15-4.html Images, sound recordings and references... Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus http://www.fact-index.com/d/da/dalmatian_pelican.html Brief fact sheet Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus http://www.digimages.info/pelbla/pelbla.htm Digiscoped images and notes [in French] Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus http://www.oiseaux.net/oiseaux/pelecaniformes/pelican.blanc.html Fact sheet and image [in French] Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec15-1.html Images, sound recordings and references... Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus http://www.amazilia.net/images/Birds/Pelicans/GreatWhitePelican.htm Images Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus http://www.kenyabirds.org.uk/gw_pelican.htm [Group] image and brief notes Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus http://www.sch.im/wlp/pages/pelican%20great%20white%201.htm Image and simple notes Peruvian Pelican Pelecanus thagus http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec15-7.html Full species account... Peruvian Pelican Pelecanus thagus http://people.uncw.edu/emslies/gradstudents/WebpageCarlos/Pelicans.htm Species account... Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens http://www.kenyabirds.org.uk/pb_pelican.htm Image and notes... Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens http://www.sch.im/wlp/pages/pelican%20pink%20backed.htm Images and simplistic notes Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec15-2.html Images and references Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis http://www.ee.duke.edu/~achandra/projects/pelican.html The Spotbilled Pelican (Pelecanus phillipensis), one of the largest birds of the Indian subcontinent, is in danger of vanishing forever from the face of the earth. This is the story of a group of dedicated people fighting to save one of the five remaining breeding colonies of this endangered bird, in a small village in Karnataka... Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis http://www.haryana-online.com/Fauna/Birds/spot_billed_pelican.htm Excellent Image and notes Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec15-3.html Image and references

numbers

Number of bird species: 8

useful reading

Pelicans in the Former USSR

Pelicans, Cormorants and their Relatives ? The Pelicaniformes

Seabirds

Seabirds ? a natural history

artists

American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Flight

American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Flight

Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus

Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus

Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus

Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus

Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis urinator

Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis

Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis

Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis

Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis

Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis

Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus

Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus

Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus

Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus

Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus

Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus

Peruvian Pelican Pelecanus thagus

Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens

Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens