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Brown pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis · Family Pelecanidae
Pelecanus occidentalis
Family Pelecanidae
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Pelecanidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 2,917,493
- Countries and territories with records
- 62
About this species
This species has 2,917,493 occurrence records from 62 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (81.1%), Mexico (5.5%), Costa Rica (2.3%), Ecuador (1.6%) and Puerto Rico (1.4%); together they account for 92% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.21% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Pelecanus occidentalis combines the genus name Pelecanus with the species epithet occidentalis. The Warbla app catalog lists 8 species of the genus Pelecanus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, Pelecanus conspicillatus and Pelecanus onocrotalus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 8 species of the family Pelecanidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 3.8 times the family average (774,709). The family Pelecanidae belongs to the order Pelecaniformes, which has 92 species in the Warbla app catalog.