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 Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Great White Pelican
Pelecanus onocrotalus
Black-headed Heron
Ardea melanocephala
Grey Heron
Ardea cinerea
African Sacred Ibis
Threskiornis aethiopicus
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Hamerkop
Scopus umbretta
Little Egret
Egretta garzetta
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus
African Spoonbill
Platalea alba
Great Egret
Ardea alba
intermediate egret
Egretta intermedia
Hadada
Bostrychia hagedash
📅 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 Ngorongoro Conservation Area?
About 6% of visitor-days record a Pink-backed Pelican sighting in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, based on 148 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Pink-backed Pelican in Ngorongoro Conservation Area?
May has the highest sighting rate for Pink-backed Pelican in Ngorongoro Conservation Area in our monthly data.