Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (28)
- Monotypic
Andrew Elliott, David Christie, Francesc Jutglar, and Eduardo de Juana
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 12, 2012
Text last updated December 12, 2012
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Assamese | ঢেৰা |
| Bulgarian | Филипински пеликан |
| Catalan | pelicà bectacat |
| Chinese (SIM) | 斑嘴鹈鹕 |
| Czech | pelikán skvrnozobý |
| Dutch | Grijze Pelikaan |
| English | Spot-billed Pelican |
| English (United States) | Spot-billed Pelican |
| Finnish | pisamapelikaani |
| French | Pélican à bec tacheté |
| French (France) | Pélican à bec tacheté |
| German | Graupelikan |
| Icelandic | Grákani |
| Indonesian | Undan paruh-totol |
| Japanese | ホシバシペリカン |
| Kannada | ಹೆಜ್ಜಾರ್ಲೆ |
| Malayalam | പുള്ളിച്ചുണ്ടൻ കൊതുമ്പന്നം |
| Norwegian | flekknebbpelikan |
| Polish | pelikan indyjski |
| Russian | Пестроклювый пеликан |
| Serbian | Pegavokljuni nesit |
| Slovak | pelikán sivý |
| Spanish | Pelícano Oriental |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pelícano oriental |
| Swedish | fläcknäbbad pelikan |
| Thai | นกกระทุง |
| Turkish | Hint Pelikanı |
| Ukrainian | Пелікан сірий |
Pelecanus philippensis Gmelin, 1789
PROTONYM:
Pelecanus philippensis
Gmelin, 1789. Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2, p.571.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Philippine Islands.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PELECANUS
- pelecanus
- philippense / philippensis
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Spot-billed Pelican
