Brown Pelican bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
Old latin name for birdPelecanus fuscus
OrderPelicans and relatives / Pelecaniformes
FamilyPelicans / Pelecanidae
GenusPelecanus
Breeding regionMiddle America, North America, South America
Breeding subregioncoastal s California to Ecuador including Galápagos (e Pacific Ocean); Maryland through Caribbean (w North Atlantic Ocean)
Non breeding regionn to sw coastal British Columbia, s to n Peru

Brown Pelican bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, juvenile, © Judith PRIAM
    France
  • 2.
    Call, © Thore Noernberg
    Panama
  • 3.
    Begging call, © Andrew Spencer
    United States
  • 4.
    Call, hatchling or nestling, © Isain Contreras Rodríguez
    Mexico
  • 5.
    Ave dentro de huevo, call, hatchling or nestling, © Isain Contreras Rodríguez
    Mexico
  • 6.
    Adult, call, sex uncertain, © Isain Contreras Rodríguez
    Mexico
  • 7.
    Alarm call, bird in hand, hatchling or nestling, sex uncertain, © Manuel Grosselet
    Mexico
  • 8.
    Call, hatchling or nestling, © Isain Contreras Rodríguez
    Mexico
  • 9.
    Call, hatchling or nestling, sex uncertain, © Manuel Grosselet
    Mexico
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Brown Pelican

Brown Pelican subspecies (5)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Pelecanus occidentalis californicuse North Pacific coasts from s California to c Baja California and Gulf of California to wc Mexico-No
Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensisw North Atlantic coasts from Maryland (e USA) to Florida, Gulf of Mexico, and coasts of Yucatan Pen. to Panama-No
Pelecanus occidentalis murphyicoastal islands off w Colombia and Ecuador-No
Pelecanus occidentalis occidentaliscoastal West Indies, Swan Is. (far e of Belize), San Andrés and Providencia (far e of Nicaragua) and islands off Caribbean n South America-No
Pelecanus occidentalis urinatorGalápagos-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansBruinpelikaan
AzerbaijaniAmerika qonur qutanı
BashkirАмерика һоро берғаҙаны
BelarusianБуры пелікан
Bengaliফাদাচভ গগণমফড়
BretonPilikant gell
BulgarianКафяв пеликан
Catalanpelicà bru
Chinese褐鹈鹕
Chinese (Traditional)褐鵜鶘
Chuvashпăвăр пеликан
CroatianAmerički smeđi nesit, smeđi nesit
Czechpelikán hnědý, Pelikán hnedý, pelikán hnìdý
DanishBrun Pelikan
DutchBruine Pelikaan
EsperantoOkcidenta pelikano, Bruna pelikano
Estonianpruunpelikan
Finnishruskopelikaani
FrenchPélican brun, Pélican brun d'Amérique
FrisianBrune pelikaan
GalicianPelicano pardo
GermanMeerespelikan, Braunpelikan
GreekΚασταvoπελεκάvoς
Hebrewשקנאי חום, שקנאים
Hungarianbarna gödény
IcelandicBrúnkani
IrishPeileacán donn
ItalianPellicano bruno
Japaneseカッショクペリカン
Kazakhқоңыр бірқазан
Latvianbrūnais pelikāns
Lithuanianrudasis pelikanas
Mongolianамерикийн цагаан хотон
Northern SamiRuškespelikána
NorwegianBrunpelikan, brunpelikan
Norwegian NynorskBrunpelikan
Polishpelikan brunatny
Portuguesepelicano-do-mar, pelicano, pelicano-pardo
RomanianPelican brun
RussianАмериканский бурый пеликан, Бурый пеликан
SerbianAmerički smeđi nesit
Slovakpelikán hnedý
SlovenianRjavi pelikan
SpanishAlcatraz, Pelicano pardo, Pelícano pardo, Alacatraz, Flamenco, Pelícano Café, Pelícano, Pélican, Pelícano Alcatraz
Swedishbrun pelikan
TatarАмерика соры бабакошы
TurkishKahverengi Pelikan
Ukrainianпелікан бурий
WelshPelican brown America