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 Samburu National Reserve
Black-headed Heron
Ardea melanocephala
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Hadada
Bostrychia hagedash
Grey Heron
Ardea cinerea
Hamerkop
Scopus umbretta
Striated Heron
Butorides striata
Great Egret
Ardea alba
Goliath Heron
Ardea goliath
African Sacred Ibis
Threskiornis aethiopicus
African Spoonbill
Platalea alba
Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
intermediate egret
Egretta intermedia
📅 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 Samburu National Reserve?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Great White Pelican sighting in Samburu National Reserve, based on 12 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Great White Pelican in Samburu National Reserve?
July has the highest sighting rate for Great White Pelican in Samburu National Reserve in our monthly data.