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Where Do Pelicans Actually Live in the US?

Pelicans have confirmed sightings in 41 US states, based on 4,345,484 verified occurrence records.

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By Tim, founder of Easy Street Markets. I maintain the wildlife database and verify every animal and source myself.

The states with the strongest confirmed populations are Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado and Connecticut, and 35 more. These are real, verified iNaturalist and GBIF occurrence records, not modeled range estimates.

A small number of states (2) have only a handful of unverified or vagrant records, too few to confirm pelicans as an established population there.

Confirmed states (41)

Unconfirmed (2)

Only a handful of unverified or vagrant records exist for pelicans in Alaska, Hawaii, too few to confirm an established population.

Full pelicans guides by state