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Pelecanus occidentalis  Linnaeus, 1766
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174685

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Pelícano pardo [Spanish]
  
    Brown Pelican [English]
  
    Pélican brun [French]
  
    pelicano-pardo [Portuguese]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPelecaniformes  – Pelicans, pélicans, Ibises, ibis, Herons, hérons  
                            FamilyPelecanidae Rafinesque, 1815 – Pelicans  
                               GenusPelecanus Linnaeus, 1758 – Pelicans  
                                  SpeciesPelecanus occidentalis Linnaeus, 1766 – Pelícano pardo, Brown Pelican, Pélican brun, pelicano-pardo  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Subspecies Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Ridgway, 1884  
                                     Subspecies Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis J. F. Gmelin, 1789  
                                     Subspecies Pelecanus occidentalis murphyi Wetmore, 1945  
                                     Subspecies Pelecanus occidentalis occidentalis Linnaeus, 1766  
                                     Subspecies Pelecanus occidentalis urinator Wetmore, 1945  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Pelecanus occidentalis    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Pelecanus occidentalis    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: AOU Check-List (07-2005), website (version Jul-2005)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: American Ornithologists' Union's "LIST OF THE 2,037 BIRD SPECIES (WITH SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES) KNOWN FROM THE A.O.U. CHECK-LIST AREA" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-46), maintained at http://www.aou.org/   
  Reference for: Brown Pelican[English]   
       
  Source: AOU Check-List (08-2011), website (version Aug-2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: American Ornithologists' Union's "Check-list of North American Birds - List of the 2,078 Bird Species Known From the A.O.U. Check-list Area" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-52), maintained at http://www.aou.org/   
  Reference for: Pelecanus occidentalis, Brown Pelican [English], Pélican brun [French]   
       
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 14.2), website (version 14.2)  
  Acquired: 2024   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 14.2. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 04 Nov 2024]. doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.1   
  Reference for: Pelecanus occidentalis, Brown Pelican [English]   
       
  Source: IOC World Bird List, Master List v2.9, website (version 2.9)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Master list and sub-lists are maintained at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/names.html, and 'virtually replace' Gill & Wright 2006 (Birds of the World, Recommended English Names)   
  Reference for: Pelecanus occidentalis, Brown Pelican [English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pelecanus occidentalis   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2011.01.25, website (version 25-Jan-11)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Pelecanus occidentalis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pelecanus occidentalis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Pelecanus occidentalis, Brown Pelican [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Linné, Carl von  
  Publication Date: 1766   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, 12th Edition, vol. 1   
  Page(s): 532   
  Publisher: Laurentii Salvii   
  Publication Place: Holmiae (Stockholm, Sweden)   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: Available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946197   
  Reference for: original description   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
    South America  
    Caribbean  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Mexico, Native  
    Canada, Native  
    Caribbean Territories, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

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