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			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 moorhen Species that nest elsewhere in the refuge or nearby include: Least tern Royal tern Black skimmer Osprey		Summer visitors include: Roseate spoonbill Magnificent frigatebird Wintering 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 loon Endangered species include: Wood storks Florida manatee Green sea turtle Hawksbill sea turtle Kemp's ridley sea turtle Threatened species include: Loggerhead sea turtle Eastern indigo snake Bald eagle Piping plover