Pelecanus occidentalis [occidentalis] (Brown Pelican [occidentalis])

Brown Pelican [occidentalis]

Pelecanus occidentalis [occidentalis] (= Pelecanus occidentalis occidentalis) Linnaeus, C 1766

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Classification

Order:
  Pelecaniformes
Family:
  Pelecanidae
Genus:
   Pelecanus
Scientific:
  Pelecanus occidentalis occidentalis

Original description

Citation:
Linnaeus, C 1766

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
Pelecanus occidentalis

Type locality:
Jamaica, from first citation.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/219/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
BFC4BAA93CACABDE

Avibase ID:
avibase-BFC4BAA9

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/BFC4BAA9

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 174686

Geographic range:

Pelecanus occidentalis occidentalis: West Indies and Caribbean to islands off Venezuela
Pelecanus occidentalis murphyi: breeds on the Pacific coast of northwestern South America (Colombia and Ecuador); disperses southward to northern Chile
Pelecanus occidentalis urinator: Galapagos
Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis: breeds coastally in eastern USA (Maryland southward to Florida and Texas), eastern Mexico, Belize, and Honduras; and on Pacific coasts of Honduras, Costa Rica, and Panama; disperses north on Atlantic coast and southward to eastern Brazil; and on Pacific coast, north to southern Mexico and southward to Peru

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Brown Pelican [occidentalis]
French:
Pélican brun [occidentalis]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (1886): Brown Pelican ( Pelecanus fuscus)
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 1st suppl.): Brown Pelican ( Pelecanus fuscus)
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 2nd suppl.): Brown Pelican ( Pelecanus fuscus)
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 3rd suppl.): Brown Pelican ( Pelecanus fuscus)
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 4th suppl.): Brown Pelican ( Pelecanus fuscus)
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 5th suppl.): Brown Pelican ( Pelecanus fuscus)
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 6th suppl.): Brown Pelican ( Pelecanus fuscus)
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 7th suppl.): Brown Pelican ( Pelecanus fuscus)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (1895): Brown Pelican ( Pelecanus fuscus)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 8th suppl.): Brown Pelican ( Pelecanus fuscus)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 9th suppl.): Brown Pelican ( Pelecanus fuscus)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 10th suppl.): Brown Pelican ( Pelecanus occidentalis)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 11th suppl.): Brown Pelican ( Pelecanus occidentalis)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 12th suppl.): Brown Pelican ( Pelecanus occidentalis)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 13th suppl.): Brown Pelican ( Pelecanus occidentalis)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 14th suppl.): Brown Pelican ( Pelecanus occidentalis)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 15th suppl.): Brown Pelican ( Pelecanus occidentalis)
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (1910): Brown Pelican ( Pelecanus occidentalis)
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 16th suppl.): Brown Pelican ( Pelecanus occidentalis)
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 17th suppl.): Brown Pelican ( Pelecanus occidentalis)
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 18th suppl.): Brown Pelican ( Pelecanus occidentalis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Brown Pelican [occidentalis] ( Pelecanus occidentalis [occidentalis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Brown Pelican [occidentalis] ( Pelecanus occidentalis [occidentalis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Brown Pelican [occidentalis] ( Pelecanus occidentalis [occidentalis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Brown Pelican [nominate group] ( Pelecanus occidentalis [occidentalis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Brown Pelican [nominate group] ( Pelecanus occidentalis [occidentalis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Brown Pelican [nominate group] ( Pelecanus occidentalis [occidentalis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Brown Pelican [nominate group] ( Pelecanus occidentalis [occidentalis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Brown Pelican [nominate group] ( Pelecanus occidentalis [occidentalis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Brown Pelican [nominate] ( Pelecanus occidentalis [occidentalis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Brown Pelican [nominate] ( Pelecanus occidentalis [occidentalis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Brown Pelican [nominate] ( Pelecanus occidentalis [occidentalis])

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Pelecanus occidentalis

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