Pink-backed Pelican
Pelecanus rufescens
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPelecaniformes (Pelicaniformes)
- FamilyPelecanidae (Pelicans)
- GenusPelecanus (Pelicans)
- SpeciesPelecanus rufescens (Pink-backed Pelican)
Closest Relatives at Nairobi National Park
Great White Pelican
Pelecanus onocrotalus
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 Pink-backed Pelican in Nairobi National Park?
About 4% of visitor-days record a Pink-backed Pelican sighting in Nairobi National Park, based on 54 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Pink-backed Pelican in Nairobi National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Pink-backed Pelican in Nairobi National Park in our monthly data.