Summary ²

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.

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1. (c) Chriest, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/christophlorse/52180578398/
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelecanus_rufescens

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