Australian Pelican

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q26063
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Summary

Australian Pelican is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,329 views/month, #1,417 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: pelican[5]
  • Endemic to: Australia[6]
  • Taxon name: Pelecanus conspicillatus[7]
  • Commons category: Pelecanus conspicillatus[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pelecanus conspicillatus[9]
  • Commons gallery: Pelecanus conspicillatus[10]
  • Short name: P. conspicillatus[11]
  • Taxon common name: Australian Pelican[12], Brillenpelikan[13], Pelícano australiano[14], pelicà australià[15], pelikán australský[16], austraalia pelikan[17], Australpelikan[18], Австралийский пеликан[19], コシグロペリカン[20], Australsk Pelikan[21], australianpelikaani[22], ausztrál pelikán[23], pelikan australijski[24], pelikán okuliarnatý[25]
  • Wingspan: 245 cm[26]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[27]
  • Litter size: 2[28]
  • Egg incubation period: 33 day[29]
  • NZTCS conservation status: vagrant[30]

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Identifiers

Australian Pelican's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 4326[31]. Australian Pelican's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 317791[32]. Australian Pelican's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1048600[33]. Australian Pelican's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5229156[34]. Australian Pelican's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174691[35].

Why It Matters

Australian Pelican has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [32] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [35] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [33] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [34] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . Handbook of the Birds of the World. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [28] ↑ . The worldwide variation in avian clutch size across species and space. wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . Handbook of the Birds of the World. wikidata.org.
  33. [30] ↑ . New Zealand Threat Classification System Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nztcs conservation status → vagrant
    Egg incubation period → {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+33'}
    Litter size → {'amount': '+2'}
    Taxon rank → species
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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