Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) - BirdLife species factsheet (2024)

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Albanis, T. A.; Hela, D. G.; Hatzilakos, D. 1995. Organochlorine residues in eggs of Pelecanus cripsus and its prey in wetlands of Amvrakikos Gulf, North-western Greece. Chemosphere 31(11-12): 4341-4349.

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Catsadorakis, G.; D. Portolou (compilers). 2017. Status Report for the Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus). Report of Action A6 under the framework of Project LIFE EuroSAP (LIFE14 PRE/UK/002). Hellenic Ornithological Society and Society for the Protection of Prespa (unpublished report). http://www.trackingactionplans.org/SAPTT/downloadDocuments/openDocument?idDocument=30.

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Crivelli, A. J. 1996. Action plan for the Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus). In: Heredia, B.; Rose, L.; Painter, M. (ed.), Globally threatened birds in Europe: action plans, pp. 53-66. Council of Europe, and BirdLife International, Strasbourg.

Crivelli, A. J.; Catsadorakis, G.; Hatzilacou, D.; Hulea, D.; Malakou, M.; Marinov, M.; Mitchev, T.; Nazirides, T.; Peja, N.; Sarigul, G.; Siki, M. 2000. Status and population development of Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus and Dalmatian Pelican P. crispus breeding in the Palearctic. In: Yesou, P.; Sultana, J. (ed.), Monitoring and conservation of birds, mammals and sea turtles in the Mediterranean and Black Seas: Proceedings of the 5th Medmaravis Symposium, Gozo, Malta, 29 September - 3 October 1998, pp. 38-46. Environment Protection Department, Valetta.

Crivelli, A. J.; Catsadorakis, G.; Hatzilacou, D.; Nazirides, T. 1997. Pelicanus crispus Dalmatian Pelican. Birds of the Western Palearctic Update 1(3): 149-153.

Crivelli, A. J.; Marsili, L.; Focardi, S.; Renzoni, A. 1999. Organochlorine compounds in pelicans (Pelecanus crispus and Pelecanus onocrotalus) nesting at Lake Mikri Prespa, north-western Greece. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 62: 383-389.

Crivelli, A.J., Hatzilacou, D. and Catsadorakis, G. 1998. The breeding biology of the Dalmatian pelican Pelecanus crispus. Ibis 140(3): 472-481.

del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A.; Sargatal, J. 1992. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 1: Ostrich to Ducks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.

Delany, S.; Scott, D. 2006. Waterbird population estimates. Wetlands International, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Elliott, A.; Christie, D. A.; Jutglar, F.; Kirwan, G. M. 2017. Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from http://www.hbw.com/node/52613 on 12 April 2017).

Hatzilacou, D. 1993. The distribution of the globally endangered Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus in Greece: threats pertaining to its habitats and recommendations for protection. Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Sandy, U.K.

Hatzilacou, D. 1999. Bird conservation in the Amvrakikos Gulf.

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Mix, H. M.; Bräunlich, A. 2000. Dalmatian Pelican. In: Reading, R.P.; Miller, B. (ed.), Endangered animals: a reference guide to conflicting issues, pp. 78-83. Greenwood Press, London.

Nelson, J. B. 2005. Pelicans, cormorants and their relatives. Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Phaethontidae. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K.

Onmus, O., Siki, M., Sarigül, G. and Crivelli, A. J. 2011. Status and development of the population of the globally threatened Dalmatian Pelican, Pelecanus crispus, in Turkey. Zoology in the Middle East 54: 3-18.

Peja, N.; Sarigul, G.; Siki, M.; Crivelli, A. J. 1996. The Dalmatian Pelican, Pelecanus crispus, nesting in Mediterranean lagoons in Albania and Turkey. Colonial Waterbirds 19: 184-189.

Pyrovetsi M. D., Economidis P. S. 1998. The diet of Dalmatian pelicans (Pelecanus crispus) breeding at Lake Mikri Prespa National Park, Greece . Israel Journal of Zoology 44(1): 9-17.

Pyrovetsi, M. 1997. Integrated management to create new breeding habitat for Dalmatian Pelicans (Pelecanus crispus) in Greece. Environmental Management 21: 657-667.

Shi, H. Q.; Cao, L.; Barter, M. A.; Liu, N. F. 2008. Status of the East Asian population of the Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus: the need for urgent conservation action. Bird Conservation International 18(2): 181-193.

Yat-tung Yu; Chen Zhihong. 2008. Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus: the largest waterbird in East Asia, and the rarest? BirdingASIA 9: 62-66.

IUCN SSC Pelican Specialist Group

Action Plan for the Dalmatian Pelican in Europe

Detailed species account from Birds in Europe: population estimates, trends and conservation status (BirdLife International 2004)

Detailed species account from European Red List of Birds (BirdLife International 2015)

Detailed species accounts from the Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book (BirdLife International 2001).

Jump to the case study for this species in Wildlife comeback in Europe: The recovery of selected mammal and bird species (Deniet et al. 2003)

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