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Pelecanus occidentalis Linnaeus, 1766 
AphiaID: 343935

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Pelecaniformes (Order) > Pelecanidae (Family) > Pelecanus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Pelecanus Linnaeus, 1758
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1766). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1-532. [details]

basis of record: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Dutch bruine pelikaan  [details]
English brown pelican  [details]
French pélican brun  [details]
German Braunpelikan  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Gulf of Mexico [details]
North America [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (209 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (47 nucleotides; 43 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
Images 
Pelecanus occidentalis
Pelecanus occidentalis
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Pelecanus occidentalis
Pelecanus occidentalis
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Pelecanus occidentalis
Pelecanus occidentalis
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Pelecanus occidentalis
Pelecanus occidentalis
added on 2010-01-09 - author: Collection Wim Decock ()
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Pelecanus occidentalis
Pelecanus occidentalis
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Pelecanus occidentalis
Pelecanus occidentalis
added on 2010-01-09 - author: Decock, Wim
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Pelecanus occidentalis
Pelecanus occidentalis
added on 2010-02-18 - author: Collection VLIZ
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Pelecanus occidentalis
Pelecanus occidentalis
added on 2010-06-10 - author: Collection VLIZ
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:343935
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-04-11 11:37:23Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2011-04-08 06:18:06Z  checked  Adriaens, Peter
  
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  Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Pelecanus occidentalis Linnaeus, 1766. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=343935 on 2013-05-23
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