#0925 · 🐦 birds

Dalmatian Pelican

🇳🇱 Kroeskoppelikaan ·Pelecanus crispus

NTnear threatened 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The Dalmatian pelican ( Pelecanus crispus ) is a massive member of the pelican family, and the world's largest freshwater bird. They are elegant soaring birds, with wingspans that rival that of the great albatrosses, and their flocks fly in graceful synchrony. It is a short to medium distance migrant between breeding and overwintering areas. No subspecies are known to exist over its wide range, but based on size differences, a Pleistocene paleosubspecies, P. c. palaeocrispus, has been...

base stats

NL sightings 4iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,550iNaturalist observations
threat NTnear threatened

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).