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Pelecanidae Rafinesque 1815

Description

Pelecanidae

Pelecanus occidentalis (VAG): occurs on the coast of the American continent on the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, wandering north as far as British Columbia and Nova Scotia in Canada and south as far as Tierra del Fuego (Elliott, 1992). During its migration south, it can reach inland rivers in AM – the Tapajós and Branco Rivers (Sick, 1997). It has been recorded for the Amazônia National Park (AM and PA) in January (Kasecker & Silva, 2011), PA in November (Almeida-Santos et al., 2015) and December (MPEG 443) and AL in December (Patrial et al., 2011).

Notes

Published as part of Somenzari, Marina, Amaral, Priscilla Prudente do, Cueto, Víctor R., Guaraldo, André de Camargo, Jahn, Alex E., Lima, Diego Mendes, Lima, Pedro Cerqueira, Lugarini, Camile, Machado, Caio Graco, Martinez, Jaime, Nascimento, João Luiz Xavier do, Pacheco, José Fernando, Paludo, Danielle, Prestes, Nêmora Pauletti, Serafini, Patrícia Pereira, Silveira, Luís Fábio, Sousa, Antônio Emanuel Barreto Alves de, Sousa, Nathália Alves de, Souza, Manuella Andrade de, Telino-Júnior, Wallace Rodrigues & Whitney, Bret Myers, 2018, An overview of migratory birds in Brazil, pp. 1-66 in Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 58 on page 37, DOI: 10.11606/1807-0205/2018.58.03, http://zenodo.org/record/5234679

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References

  • Elliott, A. 1992. Family Pelecanidae. In: del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A. & Sargatal, J. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 1: Ostrich to Ducks. Barcelona, Lynx Edicions. p. 290 - 311.
  • Sick, H. 1997. Ornitologia brasileira. Edicao revista e ampliada. Rio de Janeiro, Nova Fronteira.
  • Kasecker, T. & Silva, J. M. C. 2011. Parque Nacional da Amazonia. In: Valente, R.; Silva, J. M. C.; Straube, F. C. & Nascimento, J. L. X. (Orgs.). Conservacao de aves migratOrias nearticas no Brasil. Belem, Pa, Conservation International. p. 92 - 95.
  • Almeida-Santos, D. A.; Ferreira, G. S. & Lopes, E. V. 2015. New record of the brownpelican Pelecanusoccidentalis incontinentalwatersoftheBrazilian Eastern Amazon. Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia, 23 (3): 351 - 353.
  • Patrial, L. W.; Pessoa, A. S. P. & Pereira, G. A. 2011. Primeiro registro do pelicano-peruano Pelecanus thagus no Brasil e registro documentado do pelicano-pardo P. occidentalis na costa leste brasileira. Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia, 19 (4): 539 - 540.