great white pelican
pelecanus onocrotalus latin

Great white pelicans are exploited for many reasons.

The Great White Pelican is well adapted for aquatic life.

Overall, though, the Great White Pelican is still the most widely-distributed species.

The Great White Pelican is the national bird of Romania.

A group of 6 to 8 great white pelicans will gather in a horseshoe formation in the water to feed together.

However, because of climate change and humans using the wetlands they live in, some populations of great white pelicans are declining.

The diet of the Great White Pelican consists mainly of fish.

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The Great White Pelican (P. onocrotalus) of Europe and Africa is nearly as large.

Breeding commences in March or April, about a month before the Great White Pelican breeds.

Another large pond houses a variety of aquatic birds including great white pelicans, greater flamingos, mute swans and black swans.

In Nature, French researchers studying great white pelicans in Senegal have shed light on the energy-saving aspects of formation flying.

These vary in size from the great white pelican and goliath heron to the diminutive malachite and pygmy kingfishers.

Unlike the Great White Pelican it does not form large feeding flocks and is usually found to fish singly or in small flocks.

Pelecanus onocrotalus (Great White Pelican)

Great White Pelican, Ruddy Turnstone, and Grey Heron are the other water birds can be seen here.

The migrant Great White Pelican and resident Spot-billed Pelican are also have been recorded.

Human disturbance, loss of foraging habitat and breeding sites, and pollution are all contributing to the decline of the Great White Pelican.

The somewhat similar-looking Great White Pelican is typically slightly smaller but the largest male individuals can be essentially the same size as a typical Dalmatian.

Compared to the Great White Pelican, the Dalmatian is not as tied to lowland areas and will nest in suitable wetlands at many elevations.

Petros was a Great White Pelican, who was the official mascot of the Greek island of Mykonos.

The size difference is apparent besides the sympatric Great White Pelican as well as its grayish as opposed to white plumage.

The Great White Pelican is a huge bird, with only the Dalmatian Pelican averaging larger amongst the pelicans.

One of the main attractions of the park is a Great White Pelican called "Katta-kun", so named after his parents who were from Calcutta, India.

Some attractive species found in the Waterfowl lake are the Australian Pelican, Great White Pelican and Radjah Shelduck.

Migrating Great White Pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus) often roost at the lake.

Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)

Only a few individuals of White pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) remain in the Great Lakes Basin in Mongolia.

The Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) is also known as the Eastern White Pelican or White Pelican.

In particularly rainy years the Etosha pan becomes a lake approximately 10 cm in depth and becomes a breeding ground for flamingos, which arrive in their thousands, and Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus).

The bird sanctuary has about 165 species of birds; the lesser and greater flamingos, Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) and Pink-backed Pelican (Pelecanus rufescens) are the most dominant species, they arrive annually in large numbers as part of their migration during the winter season.