Brown pelican

The brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) is a large bird that lives along the coasts of the Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, and Gulf of Mexico in North and South America.

Brown pelican
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Brown pelican
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Class:	Aves
Order:	Pelecaniformes
Family:	Pelecanidae
Genus:	Pelecanus
Binomial name
Pelecanus occidentalis Linnaeus, 1766

Brown pelicans are carnivores (meat-eaters) and hunt during the day (they are diurnal). They eat mostly fish and some amphibians and crustaceans.

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Brown Pelican Media

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  A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), taken in Santa Barbara, California

• Waiting - Flickr - Andrea Westmoreland.jpg

  Waiting - Flickr - Andrea Westmoreland

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  Pelícanos

• Pelikane Santa Elena Province Ecuador49

• Pelícano pardo de las Galápagos (Pelecanus occidentalis urinator), Las Bachas, isla Santa Cruz, islas Galápagos, Ecuador, 2015-07-23, DD 28.jpg

  Pelícano pardo de las Galápagos (Pelecanus occidentalis urinator), Las Bachas, isla Santa Cruz, islas Galápagos, Ecuador, 2015-07-23, DD 28

• Brown pelican Renee Bodine.jpg

  Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis

• Juvenile at Bodega Harbor, California, United States

• Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis) immature in flight.jpg

  immature P. o. carolinensis, Panama

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  Pelecanus occidentalis

• Pelican half-submerged after a dive.jpg

  California brown pelican half-submerged after a dive