Maps of the birds of the Western Palearctic Region

PELECANIFORMES

Pelecanidae

Pelecanus onocrotalus
Lakes, marshes. In Romania (formerly Yugoslavia, Hungary and Bulgaria), Greece, Turkey, nw Iran, n coasts of Black, Caspian and Aral seas, Lake Balkasch area in Kazakhstan, nw Persian Gulf in Kuwait, w India in Kutch, and s Vietnam in Cochinchina. Africa in scattered colonies in sw Mauritania, Mali, Senegambia, Nigeria, Cameroon, Lake Chad basin, Ethiopia, sw Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana and S. Africa. Occurs in other African countries as an intra-African migrant.es. In Romania (formerly Yugoslavia, Hungary and Bulgaria), Greece, Turkey, nw Iran, n coasts of Black, Caspian and Aral seas, Lake Balkasch area in Kazakhstan, nw Persian Gulf in Kuwait, w India in Kutch, and s Vietnam in Cochinchina. Africa in scattered colonies in sw Mauritania, Mali, Senegambia, Nigeria, Cameroon, Lake Chad basin, Ethiopia, sw Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana and S. Africa. Occurs in other African countries as an intra-African migrant.

Pelecanus crispus
Lakes, rivers, seacoasts, lagoons, estuaries. From Albania and Greece e across Turkey, se Balkans, n shores of Black and Caspian seas, Kazakhstan and Turkestan from Aral Sea to Lake Balkhash, to se Mongolia and w China in w Sinkiang; s Iran.
Sometimes treated as a race of P. philippensis.

Pelecanus rufescens
Swamps, lakes, marshes. Locally in Senegambia, s Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ghana, n Nigeria, s Chad, s Sudan and n Ethiopia and Eritrea on the Red Sea coast; from Uganda, Kenya and s Somalia s through Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia to n Botswana, Mozambique, Angola and n,e S. Africa in e Transvaal and n Natal. Occurs in other African countries as an intra-African migrant. Sw Arabia; Madagascar (formerly) and Amirante I. in the Seychelles.