“Never seen it here before’: Rare animal spotted in the middle of Germany. Great white pelicans are not pink, but white.
Only during the courtship period is the plumage actually colored pink. The last exciting discovery of such an animal in Germany was in 2019: At that time, a pelican swam surrounded by snow on the Isar through downtown Munich. Instead of ducks and swans, residents in the Oder-Spree district found a pelicans.