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 Niokolo-Koba National Park
Pink-backed Pelican
Pelecanus rufescens
Hamerkop
Scopus umbretta
Hadada
Bostrychia hagedash
Striated Heron
Butorides striata
Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloides
Little Egret
Egretta garzetta
Grey Heron
Ardea cinerea
Black-headed Heron
Ardea melanocephala
White-Backed Night-Heron
Gorsachius leuconotus
intermediate egret
Egretta intermedia
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Great White Pelican at Niokolo-Koba 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