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Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis

Photo: Hans Smulders

Names

Dutch name Bruine pelikaan
English name Brown Pelican
Alternative English name Pelican (Saba, St. Eustatius and St. Martin)
Papiamento name Ganshi (Bonaire, Curaçao)
Papiamento name Rogans (Aruba)
Valid name Pelecanus occidentalis Linnaeus, 1766

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