Brown pelican (redirect from Pelecanus occidentalis)
it was given the binomial name of Pelecanus occidentalis. It belongs to the New World clade of the genus Pelecanus. Five subspecies of the brown pelican...
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Great white pelican (redirect from Pelecanus onocrotalus)
The great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) also known as the eastern white pelican, rosy pelican or simply white pelican is a bird in the pelican...
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Dalmatian pelican (redirect from Pelecanus crispus)
The Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) is the largest member of the pelican family, and perhaps the world's largest freshwater bird, although rivaled...
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American white pelican (redirect from Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
He placed it with the other pelicans in the genus Pelecanus and coined the binomial name Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. Gmelin based his description on the...
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Australian pelican (redirect from Pelecanus conspicillatus)
The Australian pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) is a large waterbird in the family Pelecanidae, widespread on the inland and coastal waters of Australia...
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Spot-billed pelican (redirect from Pelecanus philippensis)
He placed it with the other pelicans in the genus Pelecanus and coined the binomial name Pelecanus philippensis. Gmelin based his description on "Le pélican...
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Peruvian pelican (redirect from Pelecanus thagus)
Peru Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pelecanus thagus. BirdLife International (2018). "Pelecanus thagus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species...
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Miopelecanus (redirect from Pelecanus gracilis)
Milne-Edwards, 1863 Species: †M. gracilis Binomial name †Miopelecanus gracilis (Milne-Edwards, 1863) Synonyms Pelecanus gracilis Milne-Edwards, 1863...
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Pink-backed pelican (redirect from Pelecanus rufescens)
He placed it with the other pelicans in the genus Pelecanus and coined the binomial name Pelecanus rufescens. Gmelin based his description on the "red-backed...
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Great frigatebird (redirect from Pelecanus minor)
Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it in the genus Pelecanus and coined the binomial name Pelecanus minor. Gmelin based his description on the "lesser...
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Pelecanus odessanus is a large species of fossil pelican, described in 1886 from Late Miocene fossil material since lost, from Novaja Slobodka, near Odesa...
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Pelecanus cadimurka is a fossil pelican from the Late Pliocene Kanunka fauna of the upper Tirari Formation, in the Lake Eyre basin of north-eastern South...
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Pelecanus paranensis is a fossil pelican from the Upper Miocene of the Paraná Formation, in Entre Ríos Province, Argentina. It is the first fossil pelican...
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pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus 3.6 m (11 ft 10 in) 3 Southern royal albatross Diomedea epomophora 3.51 m (11 ft 6 in) 3 Dalmatian pelican Pelecanus crispus...
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Pelicans (family: Pelecanidae · genus: Pelecanus)...
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three genera: the extinct Eopelecanus and Miopelecanus and the extant Pelecanus. Pelecanids have existed since the late Eocene (Priabonian) and they still...
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Pelecanus schreiberi is a fossil pelican described by Storrs Olson from Early Pliocene (5.3 to 3.6 million year old) deposits in the Yorktown Formation...
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Pelecanus halieus is a small fossil pelican described by Alexander Wetmore from material found in Late Pliocene deposits at Hagerman, Idaho. Wetmore,...
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Pelecanus tirarensis is a fossil pelican described from several fragmentary tarsometatarsi from Late Oligocene to Middle Miocene deposits in the Namba...
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twelfth edition of his Systema Naturae. He gave it the binomial name Pelecanus sula and described it based on a specimen from Barbados. The present genus...
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including the painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala), spot-billed pelican (Pelecanus philippensis), and black-headed ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus). It...
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resident and migratory birds, including the grey or spot-billed pelican (Pelecanus philippensis). The lake was declared as a wildlife sanctuary in November...
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Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Pelecanus carbo. The great cormorant is now one of 12 species placed in the genus...
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hectares. It is an important breeding site for spot-billed pelicans (Pelecanus philippensis). Nelapattu has two major plant communities, Barringtonia...
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Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), Tortuga Bay...
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The Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) has an enlarged throat pouch to aid it in feeding on schools of small fish. It is a member of the order Pelecaniformes...
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vulnerable species spoon-billed sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) and grey pelican (Pelecanus philippensis) and some 30,000 greater and lesser flamingos. The site serves...
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Pelicans (family: Pelecanidae · genus: Pelecanus)...
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district and is a haven for avian species like grey or spot-billed pelican (Pelecanus philippensis) and painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala). In fact the word...
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