Pelecanus occidentalis Linnaeus, 1766

kingdom Animalia > phylum Chordata > subphylum Vertebrata > infraphylum Gnathostomata > superclass Reptilia > class Aves > order Pelecaniformes > family Pelecanidae > genus Pelecanus > species Pelecanus occidentalis

RankSpecies
Statusaccepted
Aphia IDurn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:343935
BOLD ID10073
NCBI ID37043
Common names brown pelican, bruine pelikaan, pélican brun, Braunpelikan
Environments marine, terrestrial

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Child taxa

Subspecies Pelecanus occidentalis thagus unaccepted

Statistics

Occurrence records 8,742
Species level 8,742
Absence records 2
Species 1
Taxa 1
Datasets 65
Time range 1842 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 2
Not marine 0
Marine unsure 0
No coordinates 2
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 0
No accepted name available 0

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 2,504 1,911
decimalLatitude 1 0
decimalLongitude 1 1
eventDate 27 0
maximumDepthInMeters 7,738 849
minimumDepthInMeters 7,738 849
occurrenceStatus 244 0
scientificNameID 213 922

Spatial issues

Records on land 591
More than 20 km from shore 13
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 1

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