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 Nairobi National Park
Pink-backed Pelican
Pelecanus rufescens
African Sacred Ibis
Threskiornis aethiopicus
Hadada
Bostrychia hagedash
Grey Heron
Ardea cinerea
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Black-headed Heron
Ardea melanocephala
Hamerkop
Scopus umbretta
African Spoonbill
Platalea alba
Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Great Egret
Ardea alba
intermediate egret
Egretta intermedia
Striated Heron
Butorides striata
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ 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
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Great White Pelican in Nairobi National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Great White Pelican sighting in Nairobi National Park, based on 24 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Great White Pelican in Nairobi National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Great White Pelican in Nairobi National Park in our monthly data.