PELECANUS Linnaeus, 1758 M - Pelecanus onocrotalus Linnaeus, 1758; type by subsequent designation (G.R. Gray, 1840, A List of the Genera of Birds, p. 80). 1
Pelecanus onocrotalus Linnaeus, 1758 Great White Pelican
iAfrica, SE Europe, W and C Asia >> SW and S Asia, rarely W mainland SE Asia, (former Cambodia status?)
carolinensis J.F. Gmelin, 1789vCoastal SE USA (Maryland to Texas); coast of Yucatan Pen. >> West Indies, Caribbean coasts of Central America, Colombia and Venezuela
occidentalis Linnaeus, 1766vS Bahamas, Cuba to Barbuda; coast and islands off N Venezuela, Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad
californicus Ridgway, 1884vCoastal W USA (Anacapa I. off SW California) and W Mexico (islands off Baja California, in Golfo de California and Islas Marías) >> Pacific coast of Mexico and Guatemala
murphyi Wetmore, 1945iCoastal W Colombia to N Peru (N Piura)
2 Forms a superspecies with P. crispus; see Sibley & Monroe (1990) [Sibley, 1990 #3636].
3 Treatment as a separate species from P. philippensis follows Voous (1973) [Voous, 1973 #4061] and Nelson (2006) [Nelson, 2006 #12286], but see also Dorst & Mougin (1979) [Dorst, 1979 #1408].
4 Forms a superspecies with P. thagus; see Sibley & Monroe (1990) [Sibley, 1990 #3636].
5 Diagnosability questioned by Nelson (2006) [Nelson, 2006 #12286].
6 For treatment as a separate species from P. occidentalis see Wetmore (1945) [Wetmore, 1945 #13698] and Banks et al. (2008) [Banks, 2008 #10765].