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Wildlife
Over thirty species of birds use Pelican Island as a rookery, roost, feeding ground, or loafing area. Sixteen different species of birds nest on Pelican Island, which include the:
Brown pelican
Wood stork
Great egret
Snowy egret
Reddish egret
Cattle egret
Great blue heron
Little blue heron
Tricolored heron
Green-backed heron
Black-crowned night heron
Double-crested cormorant (resident)
Anhinga
White ibis
American oystercatcher
Common moorhenSpecies that nest elsewhere in the refuge or nearby include:
Least tern
Royal tern
Black skimmer
OspreySummer visitors include:
Roseate spoonbill
Magnificent frigatebirdWintering birds include:
White pelican
Double-crested cormorant (migratory)
Blue-wing teal
Lesser scaup
Red-breasted merganser
Ring-billed gull
Laughing gull
Forster's tern
Common loonEndangered species include:
Wood storks
Florida manatee
Green sea turtle
Hawksbill sea turtle
Kemp's ridley sea turtleThreatened species include:
Loggerhead sea turtle
Eastern indigo snake
Bald eagle
Piping plover

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