---
title: "Pelikan dzioborogi"
description: "Pelecanus erythrorhynchos — Ptaki. The American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) is a large aquatic soaring bird from the order Pelecaniformes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/american-white-pelican
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pelikan dzioborogi

> Pelecanus erythrorhynchos — Ptaki. The American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) is a large aquatic soaring bird from the order Pelecaniformes.

- Scientific name: *Pelecanus erythrorhynchos*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 86937
- Wikidata: [Q735190](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q735190)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4334](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4334)

## Names

- en: American White Pelican
- de: Nashornpelikan
- es: Pelícano Blanco Americano
- fr: Pélican d'Amérique
- nl: Witte pelikaan
- pt: Pelicano branco americano
- pl: Pelikan dzioborogi

## Countries with the most observations

US (64915), MX (9854), CA (9158), SV (67), CU (54), NI (44), GT (42), HN (21), PA (13), BZ (5), CR (5)

## Summary

The American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) is a large aquatic soaring bird from the order Pelecaniformes. It breeds in interior North America, moving south and to the coasts, as far as Costa Rica, in winter.

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

## Photo

![Pelikan dzioborogi](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/american-white-pelican/medium.jpg)

Photo: Irene · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/336732944

## Machine access

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