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title: "Dalmatian Pelican"
description: "Pelecanus crispus — Birds. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/dalmatian-pelican
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dalmatian Pelican

> Pelecanus crispus — Birds. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Pelecanus crispus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 5455
- Wikidata: [Q184751](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q184751)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4333](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4333)

## Names

- en: Dalmatian Pelican
- de: Krauskopfpelikan
- es: Pelícano ceñudo
- fr: Pélican frisé
- nl: Kroeskoppelikaan
- pt: Pelicano-crespo
- pl: Pelikan kędzierzawy

## Countries with the most observations

RU (1460), GR (1253), AL (305), RO (295), IN (288), KZ (246), TR (225), ME (152), CN (98), BG (70), GE (59), TW (42)

## Photo

![Dalmatian Pelican](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dalmatian-pelican/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/94129167

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/dalmatian-pelican?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).