Pink-backed Pelican
Pelecanus rufescens Gmelin, JF, 1789
Pelecanidae — Pelicans
Pink-backed Pelican, Pelecanus rufescens, is a pelican of Africa and southern Arabia, breeding in inland se Egypt, western and south-western Arabia, and across Africa south of the Sahara. It lives in swamps, shallow lakes and other quiet waters, and has also been recorded from Madagascar and St. Joseph’s Atoll in the Amirantes. Gmelin described it in 1789. It is a resident breeder and is placed in the family Pelecanidae. The species is monotypic, with no recognised subspecies.
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Pelecanidae — Pelicans
- Breeding range
- Africa: inland se Egypt, w, sw Arabian Pen., and Africa s of the Sahara; formerly also Madagascar and St. Joseph's Atoll (Amirantes group, nc Seychelles)
