Dalmatian Pelican

Pelecanus crispus - Pélican frisé

Pélican frisé
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Pelecaniformes

  • Family
    :

    Pélécanidés

  • Genus
    :

    Pelecanus

  • Species
    :

    crispus

Descriptor

Bruch, 1832

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 180 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 310 à 345 cm.
  • Weight
    : 10000 à 13000 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Pélican frisé
adult plum. breeding
Pélican frisé
adult plum. transition

Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) is a species of bird in the Pelecanidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Pélican frisé,
  • Pelícano ceñudo,
  • pelicano-crespo,
  • Krauskopfpelikan,
  • borzas gödény,
  • Kroeskoppelikaan,
  • Pellicano riccio,
  • krushuvad pelikan,
  • Krøllpelikan,
  • pelikán kučeravý,
  • pelikán kadeřavý,
  • Krøltoppet Pelikan,
  • kiharapelikaani,
  • pelicà cresp,
  • Hrokkinkani,
  • pelikan kędzierzawy,
  • cirtainais pelikāns,
  • kodrasti pelikan,
  • Кудрявый пеликан,
  • ハイイロペリカン,
  • 卷羽鹈鹕,
  • 卷羽鵜鶘,

Voice song and cries

Pélican frisé
juvenile

Habitat

Pélican frisé
adult

Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Inland Deltas ; Marine Neritic : Estuaries ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes, Coastal Freshwater Lakes

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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