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 | General Information The adult brown pelican is a large dark gray-brown water bird with white about the head and neck. Immatures are gray-brown above and on the neck, with white underparts. Although the Caribbean subspecies resembles the eastern subspecies, the Caribbean brown pelican has a darker non-breeding plumage above the surface. The Caribbean pelican usually also has a darker undersurface plumage during breeding than does the eastern brown pelican. Both subspecies can reach up to 8 pounds and larger individuals have wing spreads of over 7 feet.
Listed population detail
The FWS is currently monitoring the following populations of the Brown pelican
- Population location: Entire, except U.S. Atlantic coast, FL, AL
Listing status:
Endangered
This population has been proposed for delisting
States/US Territories in which this population is known to occur:
California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Texas, Virgin Islands, Washington
USFWS Refuges in which this population is known to occur:
ARANSAS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, BANDON MARSH NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, BAYOU SAUVAGE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, BIG BOGGY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, BIG BRANCH MARSH NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, BILL WILLIAMS RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, BRETON NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, CIBOLA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, CULEBRA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, DELTA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, DON EDWARDS SAN FRANCISCO BAY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, FARALLON NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, GRAYS HARBOR NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, GREEN CAY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, GUADALUPE-NIPOMO DUNES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, HAVASU NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, IMPERIAL NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, LAGUNA ATASCOSA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, OREGON ISLANDS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, SAN BERNARD NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, SAN PABLO BAY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, SANDY POINT NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, SANTA ANA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, SEAL BEACH NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, SHELL KEYS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, SILETZ BAY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, SONNY BONO SALTON SEA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, THREE ARCH ROCKS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, TIJUANA SLOUGH NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, WILLAPA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
Countries in which this population is known to occur:
Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Venezuela
For more information, please see:
http://www.fws.gov/endangered/factsheets/brown_pelican.pdf
- Population location: U.S. Atlantic coast, FL, AL
Listing status:
Delisted Taxon-Recovered
States/US Territories in which this population is known to occur:
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia
For more information, please see:
http://www.fws.gov/endangered/factsheets/brown_pelican.pdf
- Population location: Louisiana population
Listing status:
Under Review
For more information, please see:
http://www.fws.gov/endangered/factsheets/brown_pelican.pdf
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