
Pink-backed Pelican
The pink-backed pelican (Pelecanus rufescens) is a bird of the pelican family.
Informações sobre a espécie
Recorded year-round
Recorded in every month, so no month is the wrong month to look. We would rather say that than invent a best time.
Curve from 434 national iNaturalist observations, not from one property. Single-month spikes are discarded as upload artefacts, and below 50 records we show no curve at all.
KwaZulu-Natal and beyond
Provinces where Pink-backed Pelican is most recorded. Tap one to find places to stay.
434 records, iNaturalist
Parques onde os anfitriões registram: Pink-backed Pelican
Hospedagens que retribuem
Por todo o Cabo Setentrional
Pink-backed Pelican: registrado aqui
Pink-backed Pelican: registrado aqui
Pink-backed Pelican: registrado aqui
Pink-backed Pelican: registrado aqui
Pink-backed Pelican: registrado aqui
Pink-backed Pelican: registrado aqui
Pink-backed Pelican: registrado aqui
Pink-backed Pelican: registrado aqui
Pink-backed Pelican: registrado aqui
South Africa's vast inland heart: silence, stars, and wide horizons
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Quando e onde encontrar: Pink-backed Pelican
Os anfitriões registraram esta espécie (Pink-backed Pelican) em hospedagens dentro ou ao lado de Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.
Melhores horários do dia
- As primeiras horas depois do nascer do sol, e o fim da tarde. As aves cantam e se alimentam mais nas horas frescas.
- Meio-dia. Mais silencioso, sobretudo no calor do verão.
Formas de observar
Dirija por conta própria
Seu próprio veículo e seu próprio ritmo, nas estradas do parque.
Onde os anfitriões registram
Espécie
Pelecanus rufescens
Registros
434
Observações no iNaturalist
Cada reserva no Spekboom apoia a conservação.
Perguntas que os viajantes fazem
Um registro significa que um anfitrião avistou esta espécie (Pink-backed Pelican) na propriedade ou nas proximidades. Nunca é garantia de avistamento.
Which parks and reserves are best for the Pink-backed Pelican in Northern Cape?
Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Pink-backed Pelican at stays in or beside Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.
Where can you see the Pink-backed Pelican in South Africa?
The Pink-backed Pelican is most recorded in KwaZulu-Natal (88% of records), Western Cape (6% of records), based on 434 iNaturalist observations. 9 places to stay on Spekboom in Northern Cape have recorded the Pink-backed Pelican on site or nearby.
When is the best time to see the Pink-backed Pelican?
The Pink-backed Pelican is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park: Aug-Oct, flowers, Mar-May. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.
What is the Pink-backed Pelican?
The pink-backed pelican (Pelecanus rufescens) is a bird of the pelican family. It is a resident breeder in the swamps and shallow lakes of Africa, southern Arabia, southern India and is apparently extirpated in Madagascar.

























