Pelicans Pelecanidae
The 7 species of pelicans are grouped into single genus. The Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus is considered vulnerable and the Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis is considered near-threatened. They are extremely large birds, with a wingspan measuring upto eleven feet. There enormous bills have a pouch that is suspended from the lower mandible. It is used for scooping up fish, rather like a large fishing net. They are found sporadically on every continent, except Antarctica.

Pelecanus

There are 7 species in this genus.

Brown "Peruvian" Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis "thagus" in the harbor of Pucusana, near Lima, Peru, October 2003.

American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos at Galveston, Texas, January 2006.






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