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American White Pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos · Family Pelecanidae
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Family Pelecanidae
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Pelecanidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 2,174,120
- Countries and territories with records
- 29
About this species
This species has 2,174,120 occurrence records from 29 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (91.1%), Canada (6%) and Mexico (2.5%); together they account for 99.5% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.18% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Pelecanus erythrorhynchos combines the genus name Pelecanus with the species epithet erythrorhynchos. The Warbla app catalog lists 8 species of the genus Pelecanus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus conspicillatus and Pelecanus onocrotalus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 8 species of the family Pelecanidae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Pelecanus occidentalis. Its record count is 2.8 times the family average (774,709). The family Pelecanidae belongs to the order Pelecaniformes, which has 92 species in the Warbla app catalog.