Milwaukee County Zoo has American White Pelicans
Pelicans, Cormorants, & Darters in North America
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ParathePineapple
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Cincinnati has White-Breasted Cormorants in their still relatively new African Penguin Point.
Dallas World Aquarium keeps Brown Pelican on display
Cincinnati also had Great White Pelican in their former polar bear exhibit, although I'm not sure where they are now
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They don’t have them in zoo north? There were some with the flamingos when I went last year.
Nope, there aren’t any left in ZooNorth either. They’ve all since been moved out.
Bronx received Dalmatian Pelican in 2021. I'm actually not sure if they still have the white pelican as it hasn't always been reliably on-display.
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Laura Quinn wild bird sanctuary has brown pelican
San Francisco Zoo no longer has brown pelicans as part of their collection, only American whites and pink-backs.
Living Desert now has Great White and Pink-backed Pelicans.
Persephone
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Per their website and my last visit the South Carolina Aquarium has brown pelicans in their stingray / aviary area.
DAK Lodge keeps Pink-backed Pelican.
SusScrofa
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Some additions based on my checklist:
ANHINGA
FL – Flamingo Gardens
FL – Zoo Miami
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT
FL – Flamingo Gardens
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
FL – Busch Wildlife Sanctuary
FL – Flamingo Gardens
BROWN PELICAN
FL – Busch Wildlife Sanctuary
FL – Flamingo Gardens
FL – Zoo Miami
There was also NEOTROPICAL CORMORANT at Phoenix Zoo back in 2020 with the pelicans but I don't have proof they are still there and I never took pictures of the signage at that point, so they may have anyways been wild. But this is worth investigating, maybe someone has recently been to Phoenix to confirm the status.
ANHINGA
FL – Flamingo Gardens
FL – Zoo Miami
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT
FL – Flamingo Gardens
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
FL – Busch Wildlife Sanctuary
FL – Flamingo Gardens
BROWN PELICAN
FL – Busch Wildlife Sanctuary
FL – Flamingo Gardens
FL – Zoo Miami
There was also NEOTROPICAL CORMORANT at Phoenix Zoo back in 2020 with the pelicans but I don't have proof they are still there and I never took pictures of the signage at that point, so they may have anyways been wild. But this is worth investigating, maybe someone has recently been to Phoenix to confirm the status.
Neotropic Cormorant is a very common species in the Phoenix area, so if it wasn't signed I would say it was almost certainly wild.
Cincinnati Zoo's great white pelicans are in the Africa section in the old flamingo exhibit.
They must've been moved because of the reconstruction of the polar bear exhibit. I think they were put there in the first place because they kept escaping the African penguin exhibit they were originally supposed to be in.
DAK Lodge holds Pink Backed Pelican
Florida Aquarium holds (2) Brown Pelican
Florida Aquarium holds (2) Brown Pelican
Sphenisciologist
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Saint Louis had brown pelicans in their Humboldt Haven area, however I’m not sure if they still reside there.
- Brown Pelican: St. Louis, South Carolina Aquarium
- Brown Pelican: St. Louis, South Carolina Aquarium
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When were those pelicans at Saint Louis?