List of Birds of Swaziland - Pelicans

Pelicans

Order: Pelecaniformes. Family: Pelecanidae

Pelicans are large water birds with a distinctive pouch under the beak. As with other members of the order Pelecaniformes, they have webbed feet with four toes. There are 8 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Swaziland.

  • Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus (A)
  • Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens (A)

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