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Pelecanus onocrotalus Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Aves
order
Pelecaniformes
family
Pelecanidae
genus
Pelecanus
species
Pelecanus onocrotalus

Name

Homonyms
Pelecanus onocrotalus Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Almindelig pelikan in Danish
Almindelig pelikan in Danish
Great White Pelican in English
Great White Pelican in English
Great White Pelican in English
Great White Pelican in English
Great White Pelican in English
Great White Pelican in English
Great White Pelican in English
Great White Pelican in English
Hvid Pelikan in Danish
Hvid pelikan in Danish
Hvitpelikan in Norwegian
Pelicano-vulgar in Portuguese
Pelikaan in Dutch
Pelikaani in Finnish
Pelikan in Swedish
Pelikán bílý in Czech
Pellicano in Italian
Pellicano comune in Italian
Pelícano Común in Spanish
Pelícano común in Spanish
Pelícano común in Spanish
Pelícano común in Spanish
Pélican blanc in French
Pélican blanc in French
Pélican blanc in French
Pélican blanc in French
Pélican blanc in French
Rosapelikan in German
Rosapelikan in German
Rosapelikan in German
Rosapelikan in German
Roze Pelikaan in Dutch
Rózsás gödény in Hungarian
Vit pelikan in Swedish
White Pelican in English
Witpelikaan in Afrikaans
Witte Pelikaan in Dutch
eastern white pelican in English
great white pelican in English
pelicano-branco in Portuguese
pelicano-branco in Portuguese
pelicano-branco in Portuguese
pelicà blanc comú in Catalan–Valencian
pelikaani in Finnish
pelikaani in Finnish
pelikan e. roosapelikan in Estonian
pelikan różowy in Polish
pelikán bílý in Czech

Bibliographic References

  1. Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em>
  2. Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright, 2006: null. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. ix + 259.
  3. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 68 Addition to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology of the generic name Pelecanus Linnaeus, 1758 (class Aves) (Direction supplementary to Opinion 16).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1E(E.8), 129-136 (1957)
  4. Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
  5. Linnaeus, Carolus, 1758: null. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, 10th Edition, vol. 1. 824.
  6. Merino-Rodriguez,M. (1964) Elsevier's Lexicon of parasites and diseases in livestock including parasites and diseases of all farm and domestic animals, free-living wild fauna, fishes, honeybee and silkworm, and parasites of products of animal origin. Latin, English, French, Italian
  7. Michajlow,W. (1960) Pasozytnictwo a ewolucja
  8. Murray,M. D. (1962) Efficiency of insecticides against the sheep body louse (Damalinia ovis) http://phthiraptera.info/node/44098
  9. Murray,M. D. (1964) Ecology of the ectoparasites of seals and penguins
  10. Murray,M. D. (1967) Ectoparasites of antarctic seals and birds
  11. Müller,F. (1963) Aus der amerikanischen Forschung
  12. SOF (2007) Holarktis Fåglar, version 2. SOF:s Taxonomikommittés officiella lista över Holarktis fåglar
  13. van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376
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