LC
Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens



References

Barnes, K. N. 2000. The Eskom Red Data Book of birds of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. BirdLife South Africa, Johannesburg.

Brown, L.H., Urban, E.K. and Newman, K. 1982. The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.

del Hoyo, J., Elliot, A. and Sargatal, J. 1992. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 1: Ostrich to Ducks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.

Johnsgard, P. A. 1993. Cormorants, darters, and pelicans of the world. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington.

Langrand, O. 1990. Guide to the birds of Madagascar. Yale University Press, New Haven, USA.

Nelson, J. B. 2005. Pelicans, cormorants and their relatives. Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Phaethontidae. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K.

Ogilvie, M. 1997. Pelecanus rufescens Pink-backed Pelecan. Birds of the Western Palearctic Update 1(3): 154-156.

Further resources

IUCN SSC Pelican Specialist Group

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Pelecanus rufescens. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/pink-backed-pelican-pelecanus-rufescens on 19/03/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org on 19/03/2024.