Brown Pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPelecaniformes (Pelicaniformes)
- FamilyPelecanidae (Pelicans)
- GenusPelecanus (Pelicans)
- SpeciesPelecanus occidentalis (Brown Pelican)
Closest Relatives at Coiba National Park
Bare-throated Tiger Heron
Tigrisoma mexicanum
Great Egret
Ardea alba
Little Blue Heron
Egretta caerulea
White Ibis
Eudocimus albus
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
Tricolored Heron
Egretta tricolor
Green Heron
Butorides virescens
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Nyctanassa violacea
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Brown Pelican in Coiba National Park?
About 49% of visitor-days record a Brown Pelican sighting in Coiba National Park, based on 82 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Brown Pelican in Coiba National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Brown Pelican in Coiba National Park in our monthly data.