Pelecanus Collection

Pelecanus erythrorynchos, American white pelican
Plate 311 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Great white pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus. Handcoloured steel engraving from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches, Liepzig, 1842

Mandarin duck, Aix galericulata, and Dalmatian pelican, Pelecanus crispus (vulnerable). Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys

Great cormorant (Eurasian), Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis (Chinese pelican, Pelecanus sinensis). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Spotted shag or parekareka, Phalacrocorax punctatus (Pelecanus punctatus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

American white pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, and Spixs guan, Penelope jacquacu

Diana and mona monkeys, ostrich and pelican
Animals of Africa including vulnerable Diana monkey, Cercopithecus diana 1, mona monkey, Cercopithecus mona 2, ostrich, Struthio camelus 3, and pink-backed pelican, Pelecanus rufescens 4

Great / Eastern White / Rosy Pelican - in flight with a flock of Avocets (Recurvirostra sp.) in the background (Pelecanus onocrotalus). Liuwa plains pools, Zambia

Pelican Blood Donor
The female pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) is supposed in legend to peck her own chest and give her blood to her young when no other food is available. Date: circa 1650

Pelecanus onocrotalus, Great white pelican
Watercolour by Claude Finch-Davies, 1918 Date: 1918

Horned screamer, Anhima cornuta, and wattled
Great white pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus, and northern gannet, Morus bassanus.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology

Resting Pelicans - With reflection in water (Pelecanus onocrotalus). Lake Ndutu, Ngorongoro, Tanzania, Africa

Pelecanus conspicillatus, white pelican
Drawing No. 41, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection

Pelecanus occidentalis, brown pelican
Plate 421 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Pelican with Spread Wing
A pelican with outspread wings (Pelecanus onocrotalus)

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