Pelecanidae, Rafinesque, 1815

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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).