Justin W. Fischer Bronson K. Strickland W. David Walter Fred L. Cunningham Guiming Wang D. Tommy King 2016 <p><span>Satellite telemetry was used to investigate summer and winter home ranges for resident and migrant American White Pelicans (</span><i>Pelecanus erythrorhynchos</i><span>) captured in the southeastern United States between 2002 and 2007. Home range utilization distributions were calculated using 50% and 95% kernel density estimators with the plug-in bandwidth selector. Mean summer home ranges (95%) varied from 177 to 4,710 km</span>²<span><span>&nbsp;</span>and mean winter home ranges (95%) ranged from 185 to 916 km</span>²<span>. Mean 50% and 95% home ranges of adult American White Pelicans during summer tended to be larger than those during winter, whereas mean 50% and 95% home ranges of immature pelicans during summer tended to be smaller than those during winter. Home ranges for all American White Pelicans encompassed the latitude range of 24°–55° N, including wintering, stop over, and nesting habitat. These data provide baseline movement and home range data for future studies of American White Pelican ecology.</span></p> application/pdf 10.1675/063.039.0308 en The Waterbird Society Winter and summer home ranges of American White Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) captured at loafing sites in the southeastern United States article