Great white pelican: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the great white pelican lives – recorded in 28 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Pelecanus onocrotalus
Group	Seabirds, divers & grebes
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	28 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe
Mass	180 g (birth weight); 11.4 kg (male organism, adult weight); 7.59 kg (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Pelecaniformes
Family	Pelecanidae

Where does the great white pelican live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the great white pelican in 28 countries and territories across Africa, Asia and Europe. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa, Burkina Faso. In France it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a great white pelican?

Wikidata records the following for the great white pelican: mass 180 g (birth weight); 11.4 kg (male organism, adult weight); 7.59 kg (female organism, adult weight).

Is the great white pelican endangered?

The great white pelican’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the great white pelican?

The great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) is a bird in the order Pelecaniformes and the family Pelecanidae, genus Pelecanus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the great white pelican

The great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus), also known as the eastern white pelican (in contrast to the western pelican of the Americas), rosy pelican or simply white pelican, is a bird in the pelican family. It breeds from southeastern Europe through Asia and Africa, in swamps and shallow lakes.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Great white pelican (revision 1375674444), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q199427 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).