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Where does the Dalmatian Pelican live?

Pelecanus crispus has 56,584 records in 78 countries and territories, from 1856 to 2026. Most records come from Greece.

Dalmatian Pelican
Dalmatian Pelican — Photo: Dr. Raju Kasambe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataAvesPelecaniformesPelecanidaePelecanus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: January. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18562026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Greece 12,377
India 10,945
Bulgaria 6,464
Türkiye 5,635
Romania 4,071
Russia 2,338
Iran 1,800
Albania 1,565
Sweden 1,351
Kazakhstan 1,281
Montenegro 862
Georgia 855
Azerbaijan 786
China 783
Netherlands 738
Taiwan 707
Ukraine 565
France 367
North Macedonia 325
United Kingdom 234
Hong Kong 213
Spain 207
Norway 200
Germany 186
Poland 164
Italy 152
Finland 148
Armenia 140
Pakistan 114
Uzbekistan 108
Denmark 107
Hungary 68
Portugal 61
Iceland 54
Moldova 52
Austria 50
Belarus 40
Croatia 39
Ireland 39
Latvia 33

Showing the top 40 of 78 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.