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Brown Pelican

Pelecanus occidentalis

Eagle Creek Park, Indiana

September 27, 2026 · 5:20 PM local time · Reported by Abby Davis

Midwest · Reporting when featured

124 reported sightings

On 124 eBird checklists · 7-day window ending September 28, 2026

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Species photo · Different report

© Dorian Anderson · Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library

Reference photograph from a different report. It does not document this sighting.

Notes from this checklist

“Located at Coffer Dam sitting with White Pelican; smaller than WP. Brown Head and body with white underbelly and gray bill.”

Checklist details

About the observer’s outing.

Survey type
Traveling
Time in the field
34 minutes
Distance covered
1.225 km
Birders on the outing
1 person
Species logged on this checklist
40 different species

No photos are attached to this species on the linked checklist.

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