Dalmatian Pelican
Pelecanus crispus Bruch, 1832 (0, 1)
Photo © Dr. Raju Kasambe, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
STATUS
South-eastern Europe to China. Monotypic.
OVERVIEW
Although widely kept in confinement on the continent, this individual which had travelled through Poland, Germany and France, before arriving in England, had been accepted onto Category A of some national lists.
Mediterranean populations have been on the increase and wild birds are known to wander far from breeding areas and so it was accepted onto the British List on the basis of all this knowledge.
BBRC RECORDS
1.0). 2016 Cornwall Gwithian, Lands End, Drift Reservoir, Devoran and Camel Estuary, 3CY+, 7th May to 20th November, photo; also in Devon.
(British Birds 109: plate 200; BOURC (2018) Ibis 160: 941; A. Pitches, British Birds 111: 639-640, plate 415; P. Freestone, British Birds 112: 401-406, plates 216 & 217; C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 112: 571; BOURC (2019), Ibis 162: 264).
1.1). 2016 Devon Taw Estuary, 3CY+, 30th September to 9th October, photo; presumed same as Cornwall.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 112: 571; BOURC (2019), Ibis 162: 264).
