Brown Pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPelecaniformes (Pelicaniformes)
- FamilyPelecanidae (Pelicans)
- GenusPelecanus (Pelicans)
- SpeciesPelecanus occidentalis (Brown Pelican)
Closest Relatives at Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve
American White Pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Little Blue Heron
Egretta caerulea
Green Heron
Butorides virescens
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
Great Egret
Ardea alba
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Nyctanassa violacea
Bare-throated Tiger Heron
Tigrisoma mexicanum
Tricolored Heron
Egretta tricolor
Boat-billed Heron
Cochlearius cochlearius
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 Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Brown Pelican sighting in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve, based on 6 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Brown Pelican in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve?
February has the highest sighting rate for Brown Pelican in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve in our monthly data.