Pink-backed Pelican (Pelecanus rufescens)

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source: IUCN 2025. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2025-1 <www.iucnredlist.org>
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Pink-backed Pelican
Pelecanus rufescens

species of Pelecanidae

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extant

extinct post-1500

Pelecaniformes

Pelicans

conservation status