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Galapagos Pelican

Pelecanus occidentalis

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Field Notes

Notes:

AKA - Brown Pelican

Species ID Suggestions

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Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos
Belated congratulations on this razor-sharp portrait, Deanna! To call it "Galapagos Pelican" is very appropriate. It is recognized as a subspecies of her Brown Pelican endemic to Galapagos: Pelecanus occidentalis urinator. See http://checklists.datazone.darwinfoundation.org/vertebrates/aves/pelecanus-occidentalis-urinator-linnaeus-1766/

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Galapagos Biodiversity
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PublishedJune 30, 2013

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