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Pelecanidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Aves
order
Pelecaniformes
family
Pelecanidae

Name

Homonyms
Pelecanidae
Common names
Haakha in language.
Manëhe in language.
Pelican in English
Pelican in English
Pelicanos in Portuguese
Pelicans in English
Pelicans in English
Pelicans in English
Pelicans in English
Pelicans in English
Pelicans in English
Pelicans in English
Pelikane in Afrikaans
Pelikaner in Danish
Pelikangiller in Turkish
Pelikani in Croatian
Pelikani / Пеликани in language.
Pelikaniniai in Lithuanian
Pelikanlased in Estonian
Pelikany in Polish
Pellicani in Italian
Pelícanos in Spanish
Perikana in Maori
Pélicans in French
Undan in Indonesian
ob. pelikan in Swedish
pelican in English
pelicans in English
pelikaanit in Finnish
pelikaanit in Finnish
pelikanen in Dutch
pelikanen in Dutch
pelikaner in Swedish
pelikanfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
pelikánok in Hungarian
pelikánovité in Slovak
pelikánovití in Czech
Пеликан йишвлӓ in language.
Пеликанови in Bulgarian
Пеликановые in Russian
Пеліканавыя in Belarusian
Пеліканові in Ukrainian
Հավալուսն in Armenian
שקנאים in Hebrew
کەڵک (پەلەوەر) in language.
นกกระทุง in Thai
นกกระทุง ฯลฯ in Thai
นกเพลิแกน in Thai
ペリカン科 in Japanese
鵜鶘科 in Chinese

Bibliographic References

  1. Aphia 2006
  2. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  3. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  4. Larsson, Ekström, Larsson & Gandemo (2007) Birds of the World [CD]
  5. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  6. Rafinesque (1815) Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés
  7. Taxonomikommittén, BirdLife Sverige (2025) Familjelistan. Officiella svenska namn på alla världens fågelfamiljer och högre systematiska grupper, version 22. 5 juni 2025.
  8. Wikispecies (2026) Wikispecies
  9. 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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