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{{Short description|Species of bird}} {{speciesbox | name = Peruvian pelican | image = Pelícano en Pucusana.JPG | status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 11 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=''Pelecanus thagus'' |volume=2018 |page=e.T22697619A132596827 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22697619A132596827.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Pelecanus | species = thagus | authority = [[Juan Ignacio Molina|Molina]], 1782 | synonyms = *''Pelecanus occidentalis thagus'' <small>Molina, 1782</small> *''Pelecanus barbieri'' <small>Oustalet, 1878</small> | range_map = Pelecanus thagus map.svg }} The '''Peruvian pelican''' ('''''Pelecanus thagus''''') is a member of the [[pelican]] family. It lives on the west coast of [[South America]], breeding in loose [[Bird colony|colonies]] from about [[34th parallel south|33.5 degrees south]] in central [[Chile]] to [[Piura Region|Piura]] in northern [[Peru]], and occurring as a visitor in southern Chile and [[Ecuador]].<ref name=HBW>{{cite web|website=[[Handbook of the Birds of the World]] |url=http://www.hbw.com/species/peruvian-pelican-pelecanus-thagus |title=Peruvian pelican |access-date=21 May 2017}}</ref> It used to be considered a subspecies of the [[brown pelican]].
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