Great White Pelican
Pelecanus onocrotalus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPelecaniformes (Pelicaniformes)
- FamilyPelecanidae (Pelicans)
- GenusPelecanus (Pelicans)
- SpeciesPelecanus onocrotalus (Great White Pelican)
Closest Relatives at Mana Pools National Park
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Hadada
Bostrychia hagedash
Great Egret
Ardea alba
Grey Heron
Ardea cinerea
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus
Goliath Heron
Ardea goliath
Hamerkop
Scopus umbretta
African Sacred Ibis
Threskiornis aethiopicus
Little Egret
Egretta garzetta
Striated Heron
Butorides striata
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloides
African Spoonbill
Platalea alba
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Great White Pelican at Mana Pools National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there