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title: "Peruvian Pelican"
description: "Pelecanus thagus — Uccelli. The Peruvian pelican (Pelecanus thagus) is a member of the pelican family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/peruvian-pelican
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Peruvian Pelican

> Pelecanus thagus — Uccelli. The Peruvian pelican (Pelecanus thagus) is a member of the pelican family.

- Scientific name: *Pelecanus thagus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 4591
- Wikidata: [Q845979](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q845979)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4325](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4325)

## Names

- en: Peruvian Pelican
- de: Humboldtpelikan
- es: Pelícano peruano
- fr: Pélican thage
- nl: Peruaanse pelikaan
- pl: Pelikan chilijski

## Countries with the most observations

CL (2357), PE (1756), EC (71)

## Summary

The Peruvian pelican (Pelecanus thagus) is a member of the pelican family. It lives on the west coast of South America, breeding in loose colonies from about 33.5 degrees south in central Chile to Piura in northern Peru, and occurring as a visitor in southern Chile and Ecuador. It used to be considered a subspecies of the brown pelican.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peruvian_pelican

## Photo

![Peruvian Pelican](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/peruvian-pelican/medium.jpg)

Photo: Henggang Cui · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/226077979

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/peruvian-pelican?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).