Peruvian Pelican Pelecanus thagus Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (27)
- Monotypic
Josep del Hoyo, Nigel Collar, Ernest Garcia, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 9, 2016
Text last updated June 9, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Перуански пеликан |
| Catalan | pelicà del Perú |
| Czech | pelikán chilský |
| Dutch | Peruaanse Pelikaan |
| English | Peruvian Pelican |
| English (United States) | Peruvian Pelican |
| Finnish | perunpelikaani |
| French | Pélican thage |
| French (France) | Pélican thage |
| German | Chilepelikan |
| Icelandic | Straumkani |
| Japanese | ペルーペリカン |
| Norwegian | humboldtpelikan |
| Polish | pelikan chilijski |
| Russian | Перуанский пеликан |
| Serbian | Peruanski nesit |
| Slovak | pelikán bledohlavý |
| Slovenian | Perujski pelikan |
| Spanish | Pelícano Alcatraz |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Pelícano Pardo |
| Spanish (Chile) | Pelícano de Humboldt |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Pelícano Peruano |
| Spanish (Peru) | Pelícano Peruano |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pelícano alcatraz |
| Swedish | perupelikan |
| Turkish | Peru Pelikanı |
| Ukrainian | Пелікан перуанський |
Pelecanus thagus Molina, 1782
PROTONYM:
Pelecanus Thagus
Molina, 1782. Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chili, p.240.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Chile.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PELECANUS
- pelecanus
- thagus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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 Peruvian Pelican
