Avibase: Pelecanus rufescens (Pink-backed Pelican)

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Pink-backed Pelican

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Pink-backed Pelican - Pelecanus rufescens	Alain Malengreau	2023-12-15	Kataba1 (near Kassel), Bignona, Région de Ziguinchor, Ziguinchor (Senegal) (10 m)	call - Recorded from a small fishing boat. The call sound like a calf. the Pelican were in a fantastic mixed colony. Begging call of Cormorans in background. +6dB.	862719 xeno-canto.org
Pink-backed Pelican - Pelecanus rufescens	Derek Solomon	2022-05-18	Kalabo, Western Province, Kalabo (Zambia) (1000 m)	call - Recording made of a flock of approx. 20 Pink-backed Pelicans including several immatures resting on the shoreline at a large pond in the company of large numbers of African Spoonbills, Yellow-billed Storks and a few Great Egrets. Photos available. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	737594 xeno-canto.org
Pink-backed Pelican - Pelecanus rufescens	Steve Methu (freelance safari guide. www.inthewildwithprof.com)	2026-02-23	, Rift Valley (Kenya)	-	651738347 macaulaylibrary.org
Pink-backed Pelican - Pelecanus rufescens	Theodore A. Parker III	1981-02-18	Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania, Tanzania (Tanzania)	-	23927 macaulaylibrary.org

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