The Dalmatian pelican is the largest member of the pelican family, and perhaps the world's largest freshwater bird, although rivaled in weight and length by the largest swans. They are elegant soaring birds, with wingspans that rival that of the great albatrosses, and their flocks fly in graceful synchrony. With a range spanning across much of Central Eurasia, from the Mediterranean in the West to the Taiwan Strait in the East, and from the Persian Gulf in the South to Siberia in the North, it is a short-to-medium-distance migrant between breeding and overwintering areas. No subspecies are known to exist over its wide range, but based on size differences, a Pleistocene paleosubspecies, P. c. palaeocrispus, has been described from fossils recovered at Binagady, Azerbaijan. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
Bruch, CF 1832
Reference:
Isis
25 col.1109
Protonym:
Pelecanus crispus
Type locality:
Dalmatia.
Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26455470
Avibase ID:
7C6D8BA2AC91D368
Avibase ID:
avibase-7C6D8BA2
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/7C6D8BA2
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 174692
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) |
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) |
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) |
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) [version 1] |
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 00: Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) [version 1] |
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Pélican frisé ( Pelecanus crispus) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Pélican frisé ( Pelecanus crispus) [version 1] |
Clements 1st edition: Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2021: Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) [version 1] |
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) [version 1] |
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Oriental Bird Club: Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Pelecanus crispus [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Pelecanus philippensis crispus [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Pelecanus crispus [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Pelecanus crispus [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Pelecanus [philippensis or crispus]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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