Pelicans (Pelecanidae)

Meet the 2 Puerto Rico bird records in the family Pelecanidae.

2birds in this collection

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Meet the 2 Puerto Rico bird records in the family Pelecanidae.

Accidental / vagrantIUCN LC

Pelícano Blanco

Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

wetlands↗

ResidentIUCN LC

Pelícano Pardo

Pelecanus occidentalis

Marine coasts; bays; mangrove; cays↗

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Conservation

Birds with a current conservation status in Puerto Rico's Department of Natural and Environmental Resources source data.

Birds by habitat

Pelagic visitors and breeding seabirds connected to the waters, cliffs and islands surrounding Puerto Rico.

Occurrence in Puerto Rico

Birds documented as year-round residents or resident breeders in the source catalog and Puerto Rico context records.

Birds by habitat

Birds linked to beaches, tidal flats, mangroves, salt ponds, coastal lagoons and Puerto Rico's offshore cays.