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English Brown Pelican Scientific (Pelecanus occidentalis) Order PELECANIFORMES Family (Latin) Pelecanidae Family (English) Pelicans Other name(s) occidentalis Regions NA, MA, SA Breeding Range coastal s California to Ecuador including Galápagos (e Pacific Ocean); Maryland through Caribbean (w North Atlantic Ocean) Nonbreeding Range n to sw coastal British Columbia, s to n Peru Countries (BETA) map Anguilla,Turks and Caicos Islands,Guyana,Peru,Netherlands Antilles,Antigua and Barbuda,Brazil,Ecuador - mainland,Virgin Islands,Jamaica,Belize,Bahamas,Saint Kitts and Nevis,Haiti,Costa Rica,Panama,Puerto Rico,Trinidad and Tobago,Suriname,Guatemala,Honduras,Nicaragua,Mexico,El Salvador,Cuba,Montserrat,Canada,Dominican Republic,Colombia,Venezuela,British Virgin Islands,United States - mainland,Ecuador - Galapagos Islands, Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range californicus e North Pacific coasts from s California to c Baja California and Gulf of California to wc Mexico carolinensis w North Atlantic coasts from Maryland (e USA) to Florida, Gulf of Mexico, and coasts of Yucatan Pen. to Panama murphyi coastal islands off w Colombia and Ecuador occidentalis coastal West Indies, Swan Is. (far e of Belize), San Andrés and Providencia (far e of Nicaragua) and islands off Caribbean n South America urinator Galápagos
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet ) Described by Linnaeus, 1766 Sound File(s) link return with BackGerman Braunpelikan French Pélican brun Chinese 褐鹈鹕 Japanese カッショクペリカン Russian Американский бурый пеликан Spanish Pelícano pardo Portuguese pelicano-pardo Bird Data app text Often seen along the shore diving into schools of small fish with bill wide open. Historical Infonatura static map
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Breeding Range Codes AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) AN Antarctica AO Atlantic Ocean AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) IO Indian Ocean LA Latin America (Middle and South America) MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama) NA North America (includes the Caribbean) NO Northern oceans OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) PO Pacific Ocean SA South America SO Southern oceans TO Temperate oceans TrO Tropical oceans Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes EX Extinct EW Extinct in the wild CR Critically Endangered EN Endangered VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened LC Least Concern DD Data deficient NE Not evaluated PE Probably extinct (informal) PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)
