Pelecanus occidentalis [occidentalis or murphyi] (Brown Pelican (Southern))

Brown Pelican (Southern)

Pelecanus occidentalis [occidentalis or murphyi] (= 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:
FAD2B3DC37C1075D

Avibase ID:
avibase-FAD2B3DC

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/FAD2B3DC

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 174686

English:
Brown Pelican [occidentalis or murphyi]
Afrikaans:
Bruinpelikaan (Suidelike)
Bulgarian:
Кафяв пеликан (ssp. occidentalis/murphyi)
Catalan:
pelicà bru (occidentalis/murphyi)
Czech:
pelikán hnědý (ssp. occidentalis/murphyi)
Danish:
Brun Pelikan (Sydlig)
German:
Braunpelikan (occidentalis/murphyi)
Spanish:
Pelícano Pardo (grupo occidentalis)
Spanish (Spain):
Pelícano pardo (grupo occidentalis)
Estonian:
pruunpelikan (ssp. occidentalis/murphyi)
Finnish:
ruskopelikaani (occidentalis/murphyi)
French:
Pélican brun [occidentalis ou murphyi]
Croatian:
smeđi nesit (južni)
Icelandic:
Brúnkani [occidentalis/murphyi]
Japanese:
カッショクペリカン（occidentalis／murphyi）
Dutch:
Bruine Pelikaan (occidentalis/murphyi)
Norwegian:
brunpelikan (occidentalis/murphyi)
Polish:
pelikan brunatny (occidentalis/murphyi)
Portuguese (Brazil):
pelicano (occidentalis/murphyi)
Portuguese (Portugal):
pelicano-pardo (occidentalis/murphyi)
Russian:
Бурый пеликан (occidentalis/murphyi)
Slovak:
pelikán hnedý (skup.)
Slovenian:
Rjavi pelikan (Južni)
Serbian:
Američki smeđi nesit (occidentalis/murphyi)
Swedish:
brun pelikan (occidentalis/murphyi)
Turkish:
Kahverengi Pelikan (occidentalis/murphyi)
Ukrainian:
Пелікан бурий (підвид occidentalis/murphyi)

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Brown Pelican [occidentalis or murphyi] ( Pelecanus occidentalis [occidentalis or murphyi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Brown Pelican (Southern) ( Pelecanus occidentalis [occidentalis or murphyi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Brown Pelican (Southern) ( Pelecanus occidentalis [occidentalis or murphyi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Brown Pelican [occidentalis or murphyi] ( Pelecanus occidentalis [occidentalis or murphyi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Brown Pelican (Southern) ( Pelecanus occidentalis [occidentalis or murphyi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Brown Pelican (Southern) ( Pelecanus occidentalis [occidentalis or murphyi])
eBird version 2018: Brown Pelican (Southern) ( Pelecanus occidentalis occidentalis/murphyi) [version 1]
eBird version 2019: Brown Pelican (Southern) ( Pelecanus occidentalis occidentalis/murphyi) [version 1]
eBird version 2021: Brown Pelican (Southern) ( Pelecanus occidentalis occidentalis/murphyi) [version 1]
eBird version 2022: Brown Pelican (Southern) ( Pelecanus occidentalis occidentalis/murphyi) [version 1]
eBird version 2023: Brown Pelican (Southern) ( Pelecanus occidentalis occidentalis/murphyi) [version 1]
eBird version 2024: Brown Pelican (Southern) ( Pelecanus occidentalis occidentalis/murphyi) [version 1]
eBird version 2025: Brown Pelican (Southern) ( Pelecanus occidentalis occidentalis/murphyi) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Pelecanus occidentalis [occidentalis, murphyi, urinator]

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Bulgarian: Кафяв пеликан (ssp. occidentalis/murphyi)
Czech: pelikán hnědý (ssp. occidentalis/murphyi)
German: Braunpelikan (occidentalis/murphyi)
English: Brown Pelican (Southern), Brown Pelican [occidentalis or murphyi]
English, HBW: Brown Pelican (Southern)
English (IOC): Brown Pelican (Southern)
English (United States): Brown Pelican (Southern)
Spanish: Pelícano Pardo (grupo occidentalis)
Spanish (Chile): Pelícano pardo (occidentalis/murphyi)
Spanish (Costa Rica): Pelícano Pardo (occidentalis/murphyi)
Spanish (Cuba): Pelícano pardo (occidentalis/murphyi)
Spanish (Ecuador): Pelícano Pardo (occidentalis/murphyi)
Spanish (Spain): Pelícano pardo (grupo occidentalis)
Spanish (HBW): Brown Pelican (Southern)
Spanish (Mexico): Pelícano Café (occidentalis/murphyi)
Spanish (Panama): Pelícano Pardo (occidentalis/murphyi)
Spanish (Peru): Pelícano Pardo (occidentalis/murphyi)
Finnish: ruskopelikaani (occidentalis/murphyi)
French: Pélican brun [occidentalis or murphyi], Pélican brun [occidentalis ou murphyi]
Icelandic: Brúnkani [occidentalis/murphyi]
Japanese: カッショクペリカン (occidentalis/murphyi), カッショクペリカン（occidentalis／murphyi）
Scientific: Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis [occidentalis or murphyi], Pelecanus occidentalis occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis occidentalis/murphyi
Dutch: Bruine Pelikaan (occidentalis/murphyi)
Norwegian: brunpelikan (occidentalis/murphyi)
Polish: pelikan brunatny (occidentalis/murphyi)
Portuguese (Brazil): pelicano (occidentalis/murphyi)
Portuguese (Portugal): pelicano-pardo (occidentalis/murphyi)
Russian: Бурый пеликан (occidentalis/murphyi)
Slovak: pelikán hnedý (skup.)
Serbian: Američki smeđi nesit (occidentalis/murphyi)
Swedish: brun pelikan (occidentalis/murphyi)
Turkish: Kahverengi Pelikan (occidentalis/murphyi)