A pelican is a bird of the family Pelecanidae.
Pelican may also refer to:
Places Australia Pelican, New South Wales, a suburb of the city of Lake Macquarie Pelican, Queensland, a locality Pelican Lagoon, South Australia Pelican Point (Swan River), Western Australia
United States Pelican, Alaska, a city Pelican State Beach, California Pelican, Louisiana, an unincorporated community Pelican Township, Crow Wing County, Minnesota Pelican Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota Pelican Butte, a dormant volcano in Oregon Pelican, Wisconsin, a town Pelican River (disambiguation)
Elsewhere Pelican Creek (Bahamas)
Ships , many British Royal Navy ships , several United States Navy ships , a US government research vessel, later the fishery patrol vessel US FWS Pelican or Pelican, Francis Drake's ship , a British privateer which sank in 1793 , a short-lived ship that won the Battle of Hudson's Bay , a replica of Pélican built in Quebec and moored at Donaldsonville, Louisiana , delivered pioneer women and yellow fever to Mobile in 1704 , an oceanographic research vessel , a fishing boat which capsized in 1951 off Montauk, New York Pelican (dinghy), a small sail boat class in Perth, Australia , formerly Pelican (1948), sail training ship Pelican (Bill Short), one of a series of boats designed by Captain Bill Short , operated by the Hudson's Bay Company from 1901–1920, see Hudson's Bay Company vessels
Aviation Boeing Pelican, a large-capacity, low-altitude transport aircraft currently being studied Sikorsky HH-3F Pelican, a US Coast Guard search and rescue helicopter Doman LZ-2A Pelican, a five-seat helicopter first flown in 1949 Pilatus SB-2, a Swiss civil utility aircraft Ultravia Pelican, two series of ultralight aircraft Air Est JCD 03 Pelican, a motor glider Pelican (bomb), a World War II radar-guided bomb developed by the US Navy Pelican FP-7, a Ukrainian ballistic missile Pelican Air Services, South African airline Pelican, callsign of Australian airline Aeropelican
Music The Pelicans, Detroit doowop group produced by Al Benson in Chicago in 1953 Pelican (band), a post-metal band from Chicago Pelican (EP), their self-titled EP Pelican, an EP by Tracer AMC "Pelican" (song), a 2011 song by The Maccabees "Pelican", a 2015 song by David Guetta on the re-release of Listen
Print Pelican (magazine), the University of Western Australia student newspaper Pelican Books, a non-fiction imprint of Penguin Books Pelican Publishing Company Les Pelican, a 1921 novel by Raymond Radiguet The Pelican, a 1907 play by August Strindberg
Sports New Orleans Pelicans, a National Basketball Association team (formerly the Hornets) St. Petersburg Pelicans, two defunct baseball teams Myrtle Beach Pelicans, a minor league baseball team New Iberia Pelicans, a defunct minor league baseball team Pensacola Pelicans, a defunct minor league baseball team Lahti Pelicans, a Finnish ice-hockey team in the national elite league Liiga AS Pélican, a Gabonese football club Pelican Stadium, a former stadium in New Orleans
Other uses Pelican (Fabergé egg), a jewelled Easter egg The Pelican (film), a 1973 French film Pelican crossing, a type of pedestrian road crossing Pelican (train), a train of the Southern Railway which ran between New York City to New Orleans Pelican Nebula, an HII region located toward the constellation Cygnus Pelican Products, a producer of cases and flashlights RAAF Squadron Berlin Air Lift or Operation Pelican, the Australian contribution to the Berlin Air Lift The Pelican, former name of the Prospect of Whitby pub in London
See also Pelican Drop, a former New Year's Eve celebration in Pensacola, Florida Pelican eel, a deep sea species of fish Pelican Island (disambiguation) Pelican Lake (disambiguation) Pelican Portrait, of Elizabeth I of England Pelican Point (disambiguation) Pelicanman, a 2004 Finnish fantasy film Pelikan (disambiguation) The Pelican Brief, a legal-suspense thriller by John Grisham (1992) The Pelican Brief (film), 1993