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How to identify Great White Pelican
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Often mixed up with
In quizzes, players most often confuse Great White Pelican with these birds—either this species was picked by mistake, or the other way around.
| Species | Mix-ups |
|---|---|
| Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus | 82 |
| Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens | 18 |
| Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo | 2 |
| European Shag Gulosus aristotelis | 2 |
| Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides | 1 |
Family
The Pelecanidae is a family of pelecaniform birds within the Pelecani that contains three genera: the extinct Eopelecanus and Miopelecanus and the extant Pelecanus. Pelecanids have existed since the late Eocene (Priabonian) and they still exist today.
Order
The Pelecaniformes are an order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide. As traditionally (but erroneously) defined, they encompass all birds that have feet with all four toes webbed. Hence, they were formerly also known by such names as totipalmates or steganopods.