Pelecanus Linnaeus 1758 (pelican)

Aves - Pelecaniformes - Pelecanidae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Parent taxon: Pelecanidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Brodkorb 1967, Carroll 1988, De Vis 1905, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Mlikovsky 2002, Olson 1999, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Shufeldt 1891, Stidham et al. 2014, Wetmore 1933, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Worthy and Nguyen 2020

Sister taxa: Eopelecanus, Miopelecanus

Subtaxa: Pelecanus (Cyrtopelicanus) Pelecanus (Leptopelicanus) Pelecanus cadimurka Pelecanus cautleyi Pelecanus conspicillatus Pelecanus crispus Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Pelecanus novaezealandiae Pelecanus occidentalis Pelecanus odessanus Pelecanus onocrotalus Pelecanus proavus Pelecanus rufescens Pelecanus schreiberi Pelecanus sivalensis Pelecanus thagus Pelecanus tirarensis

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Type: Pelecanus onocrotalus

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (15 collections), Canada (1: Quebec), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Mexico (3), New Zealand (6), Puerto Rico (1), Sudan (1), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (25: California, Florida, Illinois, Oregon), Venezuela (6)

• Pliocene of India (1), Ukraine (2), United States (2: Idaho, North Carolina)

• Hemphillian of Mexico (1), United States (1: Florida)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Kenya (1)

• Miocene of Ukraine (1)

• Oligocene of Australia (2)

Total: 72 collections including 78 occurrences

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