Brown Pelican

Closest Relatives at Ostional Wildlife Refuge

See all 12 relatives Show fewer

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

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Galápagos Islands	🇪🇨 Ecuador	80–90%
2	Bahía de Loreto National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	70–80%
3	Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	70–80%
4	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	60–70%
5	Celestún Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	60–70%
6	Machalilla National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	60–70%
7	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	50–60%
8	Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	50–60%
9	Coiba National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	40–50%
10	Jaragua National Park	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	40–50%
11	Ostional Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	40–50%
12	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	40–50%
13	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	40–50%
14	Utría National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	40–50%
15	Los Haitises National Park	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	30–40%
16	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	30–40%
17	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	30–40%
18	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	20–30%
19	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	20–30%
20	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
21	Tayrona National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	20–30%
22	Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	20–30%
23	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
24	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	20–30%
25	Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	20–30%
26	Ciénaga de Zapata	🇨🇺 Cuba	20–30%
27	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	10–20%
28	Santa Rosa National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	10–20%
29	Main Ridge Forest Reserve	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	10–20%
30	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	10–20%
31	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	10–20%
32	Biotopo Cerro Cahuí	🇬🇹 Guatemala	0–10%
33	Henri Pittier National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	0–10%
34	Cañón del Sumidero National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	0–10%
35	San Lorenzo Protected Forest	🇵🇦 Panama	0–10%
36	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	0–10%
37	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	0–10%
38	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
39	Lago de Yojoa	🇭🇳 Honduras	<5%
40	Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	<5%
41	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
42	Parque Natural Metropolitano	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
43	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
44	Caroni Swamp	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	<5%
45	Cumbres de Monterrey National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
46	Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
47	Anavilhanas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
48	Paracas National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	Insufficient data
49	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
50	Farallones de Cali National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
51	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
52	Calakmul Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
53	Cusuco National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	Insufficient data
54	Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park	🇯🇲 Jamaica	Insufficient data
55	Pico Bonito National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	Insufficient data
56	Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary	🇧🇿 Belize	Insufficient data
57	Palo Verde National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
58	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
59	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
60	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
61	Joshua Tree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Brown Pelican in Ostional Wildlife Refuge?

About 46% of visitor-days record a Brown Pelican sighting in Ostional Wildlife Refuge, based on 250 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Brown Pelican in Ostional Wildlife Refuge?

December has the highest sighting rate for Brown Pelican in Ostional Wildlife Refuge in our monthly data.