Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (40)
- Subspecies (5)
Mark Shields
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 15, 2014
Text last updated July 15, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Bruinpelikaan |
| Bulgarian | Кафяв пеликан |
| Catalan | pelicà bru |
| Croatian | smeđi nesit |
| Czech | pelikán hnědý |
| Dutch | Bruine Pelikaan |
| English | Brown Pelican |
| English (United States) | Brown Pelican |
| Finnish | ruskopelikaani |
| French | Pélican brun |
| French (France) | Pélican brun |
| German | Braunpelikan |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Gangozye |
| Hebrew | שקנאי חום |
| Icelandic | Brúnkani |
| Japanese | カッショクペリカン |
| Norwegian | brunpelikan |
| Polish | pelikan brunatny |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | pelicano |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Pelicano-pardo |
| Russian | Бурый пеликан |
| Serbian | Američki smeđi nesit |
| Slovak | pelikán hnedý |
| Slovenian | Rjavi pelikan |
| Spanish | Pelícano Pardo |
| Spanish (Chile) | Pelícano pardo |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Pelícano Pardo |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Pelícano pardo |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Pelícano |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Pelícano Pardo |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Pelícano Café |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Pelícano Café |
| Spanish (Panama) | Pelícano Pardo |
| Spanish (Peru) | Pelícano Pardo |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Pelícano Pardo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pelícano pardo |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Alcatraz |
| Swedish | brun pelikan |
| Turkish | Kahverengi Pelikan |
| Ukrainian | Пелікан бурий |
Pelecanus occidentalis Linnaeus, 1766
PROTONYM:
Pelecanus occidentalis
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.215.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Jamaica, from first citation.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PELECANUS
- pelecanus
- occidentale / occidentalis
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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