Pelicans

Pelicaniformes, Anhingas, and Cormorants of North America

North American birds include species found in the United States (excluding Hawaii) and Canada that are breeding species, regular visitors, and casual and accidental species from other regions that are believed to have strayed here without direct human aid, and well-established introduced species that are now part of our avifauna. In addition, as an identification aid, I have included photos of these species even if the photos were taken outside of the North American area.

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Anhinga

Naples, FL January 2012	Naples, FL January 2013	Naples, FL January 2012	Corkscrew Swamp, FL January 2008
Eagle Lakes, FL January 2013	Naples, FL January 2012	Naples, FL January 2012	Naples, FL January 2012
Everglades, FL January 2014	Naples, FL January 2014	Wokodahatchee Wetlands, FL; Jan 2014	Eagle Lakes, FL January 2014
Everglades, FL January 2013	Everglades, FL January 2013	Savannah NWR, SC February 2016	Savannah NWR, SC February 2016

Blue-footed Booby

Galápagos Islands January 2019	Galápagos Islands January 2019	Galápagos Islands January 2019	Galápagos Islands January 2019
Galápagos Islands January 2019	Galápagos Islands January 2019	Galápagos Islands January 2019	Galápagos Islands January 2019

Red-footed Booby (Brown Morph)

January 2019	Galápagos Islands January 2019	Galápagos Islands January 2019	Galápagos Islands January 2019
Galápagos Islands January 2019	Galápagos Islands January 2019	Galápagos Islands January 2019	Galápagos Islands January 2019

Double-crested Cormorant

Crozet, VA June 2021	Newport News, VA September 2008	Rockfish Valley, VA November 2008	Jamestown Island, VA March 2016
Eagle Lakes, FL January 2014	Eagle Lakes, FL January 2014	Williamsburg, VA February 2018	Williamsburg, VA February 2018
Rockfish Valley, VA April 2013	Naples, FL January 2012	Naples, FL January 2012	Naples, FL January 2012
Chesapeake Bay BT VA; November 2016	Naples, FL January 2012	Chincoteague NWR VA; November 2017	Chiswell Islands, AK July 2019

Crozet, VA
July 2022

Click here to see DC Cormorant gular fluttering video (Crozet, VA; July 2022).

Great Cormorant

Chesapeake BAY BT VA; February 2014	Chesapeake BAY BT VA; February 2014	Chesapeake BAY BT VA; March 2016
North Atlantic Ocean October 2010	North Atlantic Ocean October 2010	North Atlantic Ocean October 2010
Scotland May 2017	Scotland May 2017	Scotland May 2017

Scotland
May 2017

Neotropic Cormorant

Gilbert, AZ
April 2014

Lower Salt River, AZ
April 2014

Guatemala
January 2008

Red-faced Cormorant

Chiswell Islands, AK
July 2019

Pelagic Cormorant

Puget Sound, WA August 2015	Puget Sound, WA August 2015	Puget Sound, WA August 2015
Puget Sound, WA August 2015	Puget Sound, WA August 2015	Puget Sound, WA August 2015
Puget Sound, WA August 2015	Puget Sound, WA August 2015	Chiswell Islands, AK July 2019

Northern Gannet

Chesapeake Bay BT VA; March 2016	Chesapeake Bay BT VA; March 2016	Chesapeake Bay BT VA; March 2016	Chesapeake Bay BT VA; March 2016
North Atlantic Ocean July 2011	North Atlantic Ocean July 2011	North Atlantic Ocean October 2010	North Atlantic Ocean October 2010
North Atlantic Ocean July 2014	North Atlantic Ocean July 2014	North Atlantic Ocean July 2014	North Atlantic Ocean July 2014
Scotland May 2017	Scotland May 2017	North Atlantic Ocean May 2017	North Atlantic Ocean May 2017

Magnificent Frigatebird

Marco Island, FL
January 2013

Belize
January 2008

Galápagos Islands January 2019	Galápagos Islands January 2019	Galápagos Islands January 2019	Galápagos Islands January 2019
St. Vincent March 2009	St. Vincent March 2009	St. Vincent March 2009	St. Vincent March 2009

Great Frigatebird

Galápagos Islands
January 2019

American White Pelican

Sanibel Island, FL January 2013	Sanibel Island, FL January 2013	Sanibel Island, FL January 2008
SanibelIsland, FL January 2008	SanibelIsland, FL January 2008	Elsberry, MO March 2009

Brown Pelican

Bonita Springs, FL January 2008	Marco Island, FL January 2012	Hilton Head, SC February 2022	Kure Beach, NC August 2007
Kure Beach, NC July 2009	Kure Beach, NC July 2009	Kure Beach, NC July 2009	Kure Beach, NC July 2009
Marco Island, FL January 2013	Marco Island, FL January 2013	Marco Island, FL January 2014	Marco Island, FL January 2014
Rudee Inlet, VA January 2016	Mt. Pleasant, SC January 2015	Huntington Beach SP SC; December 2019	Huntington Beach SP SC; January 2020