Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
About the Great White Pelican
The great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus), also known as the eastern white pelican (in contrast to the western pelican of the Americas), rosy pelican or simply white pelican, is a bird in the pelican family. It breeds from southeastern Europe through Asia and Africa, in swamps and shallow lakes.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 20 recordings for this species: 2 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Ethiopia, Israel, Netherlands, Romania in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchosrecording
- Australian PelicanPelecanus conspicillatusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.