Family: Pelecanidae (Pelicans)

Authority: Molina, 1782

Red List Category

Criteria: A2cd

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Justification of Red List category
Although the population of this species is now stable or perhaps even increasing, it is likely to still be recovering after dramatic declines in the El Nino year of 1998. It could suffer similar declines in the future if conditions were repeated, for these reasons it is classified as Near Threatened.

Population size:

Population trend: Increasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 1,510,000 km²

Country endemic: No

Attributes
Realm - Neotropical
IUCN Ecosystem -- Marine biome