Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: occidentalis

A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) glides over the ocean in the Galapagos Islands.

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A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) glides over the ocean in the Galapagos Islands.

A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) on San Cristobal Island (formerly known as Chatham Island).

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A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) on San Cristobal Island (formerly known as Chatham Island).

A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) on San Cristobal Island (formerly known as Chatham Island).

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A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) on San Cristobal Island (formerly known as Chatham Island).

Brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) and a Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) roam the coast of Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, on the edge of Galapagos National Park.

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Brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) and a Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) roam the coast of Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, on the edge of Galapagos National Park.

A fish market in the town of Puerto Ayora, on Santa Cruz Island, on the edge of Galapagos National Park, where brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) beg for fish scraps, mostly from yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) and wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri).

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A fish market in the town of Puerto Ayora, on Santa Cruz Island, on the edge of Galapagos National Park, where brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) beg for fish scraps, mostly from yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) and wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri).

A fish market in the town of Puerto Ayora, on Santa Cruz Island, on the edge of Galapagos National Park, where brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) beg for fish scraps, mostly from yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) and wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri).

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A fish market in the town of Puerto Ayora, on Santa Cruz Island, on the edge of Galapagos National Park, where brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) beg for fish scraps, mostly from yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) and wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri).

A fish market in the town of Puerto Ayora, on Santa Cruz Island, on the edge of Galapagos National Park, where brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) and a tame Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) beg for fish scraps, mostly from yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) and wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri).

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A fish market in the town of Puerto Ayora, on Santa Cruz Island, on the edge of Galapagos National Park, where brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) and a tame Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) beg for fish scraps, mostly from yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) and wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri).

A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) preparing to dive for fish at Tagus Cove in Galapagos National Park.

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A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) preparing to dive for fish at Tagus Cove in Galapagos National Park.

A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) preparing to dive for fish at Tagus Cove in Galapagos National Park.

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A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) preparing to dive for fish at Tagus Cove in Galapagos National Park.

A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) at Tagus Cove in Galapagos National Park.

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A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) at Tagus Cove in Galapagos National Park.

A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) preparing to dive for fish at Tagus Cove in Galapagos National Park.

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A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) preparing to dive for fish at Tagus Cove in Galapagos National Park.

Picture of a brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) preparing to dive for fish at Tagus Cove in Galapagos National Park.

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A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) preparing to dive for fish at Tagus Cove in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: This bird earned questionable notoriety as a job buster.

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This bird earned questionable notoriety as a job buster. It is the northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis occidentalis), listed as threatened in 1990; it w as expected to cause thousands of job losses by disrupting logging in the forests of the Pacific Northwest. The actual cost of protection to the regional economy is not yet known.

Photo: A studio portrait of a heavily-oiled adult Brown pelican (Pelicanus occidentalis) rescued from the deep water horizon oil spill at the rehab center at Fort Jackson, Louisiana.

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A studio portrait of a heavily-oiled adult Brown pelican (Pelicanus occidentalis) rescued from the deep water horizon oil spill at the rehab center at Fort Jackson, Louisiana.

A crew working to clean a brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) at the rehab center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana. This is where the majority of the oiled birds were brought in from the deep water horizon oil spill.

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A crew working to clean a brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) at the rehab center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana. This is where the majority of the oiled birds were brought in from the deep water horizon oil spill.

A crew working to clean a brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) at the rehab center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana. This is where the majority of the oiled birds were brought in from the deep water horizon oil spill.

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A crew working to clean a brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) at the rehab center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana. This is where the majority of the oiled birds were brought in from the deep water horizon oil spill.

A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) waits in a holding pen at the rehab center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana. This is where most of the oiled birds were brought in from the deep water horizon oil spill.

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A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) waits in a holding pen at the rehab center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana. This is where most of the oiled birds were brought in from the deep water horizon oil spill.

A crew working to clean a brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) at the rehab center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana. This is where the majority of the oiled birds were brought in from the deep water horizon oil spill.

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A crew working to clean a brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) at the rehab center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana. This is where the majority of the oiled birds were brought in from the deep water horizon oil spill.

Workers washing an oiled brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) at the rehab center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana. This is where the majority of the oiled birds were brought in from the deep water horizon oil spill.

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Workers washing an oiled brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) at the rehab center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana. This is where the majority of the oiled birds were brought in from the deep water horizon oil spill.

A crew working to clean a brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) at the rehab center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana. This is where the majority of the oiled birds were brought in from the deep water horizon oil spill.

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A crew working to clean a brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) at the rehab center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana. This is where the majority of the oiled birds were brought in from the deep water horizon oil spill.

Brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) soar in the sky above Grand Isle, Louisiana.

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Brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) soar in the sky above Grand Isle, Louisiana.

A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, on Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. The bird was taken to a rehab center.

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A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, on Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. The bird was taken to a rehab center.

Brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) and their chicks, covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, on Cat island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana.

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Brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) and their chicks, covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, on Cat island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana.

A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, on Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. The bird was taken to a rehab center.

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A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, on Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. The bird was taken to a rehab center.

A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, on Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. The bird was taken to a rehab center.

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A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, on Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. The bird was taken to a rehab center.

A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, on Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. The bird was taken to a rehab center.

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A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, on Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. The bird was taken to a rehab center.

A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, on Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. The bird was taken to a rehab center.

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A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, on Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. The bird was taken to a rehab center.

A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, on Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. The bird was taken to a rehab center.

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A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, on Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. The bird was taken to a rehab center.

A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, on Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. The bird was taken to a rehab center.

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A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, on Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. The bird was taken to a rehab center.

A man holds a brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, on Queen Bess Island, Louisiana.

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A man holds a brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, on Queen Bess Island, Louisiana.

Manchado, a Mexican spotted owl (Strix occidentalis lucida) at The Wildlife Center in Espanola, New Mexico.

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Manchado, a Mexican spotted owl (Strix occidentalis lucida) at The Wildlife Center in Espanola, New Mexico.

Manchado, a Mexican spotted owl (Strix occidentalis lucida) at The Wildlife Center in Espanola, New Mexico.

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Manchado, a Mexican spotted owl (Strix occidentalis lucida) at The Wildlife Center in Espanola, New Mexico.

Manchado, a Mexican spotted owl (Strix occidentalis lucida) at The Wildlife Center in Espanola, New Mexico.

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Manchado, a Mexican spotted owl (Strix occidentalis lucida) at The Wildlife Center in Espanola, New Mexico.

Manchado, a Mexican spotted owl (Strix occidentalis lucida) at The Wildlife Center in Espanola, New Mexico.

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Manchado, a Mexican spotted owl (Strix occidentalis lucida) at The Wildlife Center in Espanola, New Mexico.

Manchado, a Mexican spotted owl (Strix occidentalis lucida) at The Wildlife Center in Espanola, New Mexico.

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Manchado, a Mexican spotted owl (Strix occidentalis lucida) at The Wildlife Center in Espanola, New Mexico.

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