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Common Pelican's Foot

Aporrhais pespelecani

662Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
20Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan20
Feb67
Mar49
Apr48
May70
Jun57
Jul68
Aug70
Sep111
Oct24
Nov16
Dec31

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England6
2Argyll and Bute Scotland5
3Highland Scotland3
4Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland3
5Cambridgeshire England2
6Pembrokeshire Wales2
7Dumfries and Galloway Scotland2
8Scottish Borders Scotland2
9Isle of Wight England2
10Torbay England2
11Cornwall England1
12Devon England1
13East Lothian Scotland1
14Aberdeenshire Scotland1
15Ceredigion Wales1
73 England214 Scotland24 Wales165 Northern Ireland4 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
662
Peak month
September
Counties with records
20
Scientific name
Aporrhais pespelecani
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
478
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Littorinimorpha
Family
Aporrhaidae
Genus
Aporrhais
Name with authority
Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
45

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2068027 · GBIF 4361146