Species profile
Spot-billed Pelican
Pelecanus philippensis
Quick answer
Lowlands of India to SE Asia and Philippines
- Scientific name
- Pelecanus philippensis
- Family
- Pelecanidae
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Genus
- Pelecanus
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened
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Related species in Pelecanidae
- American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
- Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)
- Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
- Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus)
- Eopelecanus aegyptiacus (Eopelecanus aegyptiacus)
- Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
- Pelecanus cirrhatus (Pelecanus cirrhatus)
- Pelecanus gaimardi (Pelecanus gaimardi)