Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| ANIMALIA |
CHORDATA |
AVES |
PELECANIFORMES |
PELECANIDAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos |
| Species Authority: |
Gmelin, 1789 |
Common Name/s:
| English |
– |
American White Pelican |
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Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Least Concern
ver 3.1
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| Year Published: |
2012 |
| Assessor/s: |
BirdLife International |
| Reviewer/s: |
Butchart, S. & Symes, A. |
| Contributor/s: |
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Justification:
This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be increasing, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size is very large, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
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| History: |
| 2009 |
– |
Least Concern
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| 2008 |
– |
Least Concern
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| 2004 |
– |
Least Concern
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Geographic Range
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| Countries: |
Native: Bahamas; Canada; Cayman Islands; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominican Republic; El Salvador; Guatemala; Haiti; Mexico; Nicaragua; Puerto Rico; Turks and Caicos Islands; United States
Vagrant: Antigua and Barbuda; Belize; Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba; Curaçao; Guadeloupe; Jamaica; Panama; Saint Pierre and Miquelon; Sint Maarten (Dutch part); Virgin Islands, U.S.
Present - origin uncertain: Honduras
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| Range Map: |
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Population
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| Population: |
The population is estimated to number 180,000 individuals.
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| Population Trend: |
Increasing
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Habitat and Ecology
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| Systems: |
Terrestrial; Freshwater; Marine |
