- CHARACTERISTICS
- It is a very large bird of white plumage, neck and long bill and yellow extensible pouch. Length of 140 – 160 cm. with a wingspan of 280 cm. and a weight of 10-12 kg. There is no sexual dimorphism in the plumage. They have wide wings with black tips, the posterior border also being black and the neck retracted (S-shaped).
- DIET
- Ichthyophagous or piscivore.
- REPRODUCTION
- They nest in colonies and make their nests on the ground. The clutch tends to consist of two eggs. The squabs look after themselves after 75 days.
- CURIOSITIES
- While they swim they form a semicircle, then with great coordination they all begin to beat their wings against the water while they continue to swim, without breaking the semicircle. In so doing they drive the fish to a location of shallow depth. With their goal achieved, each pelican puts his or her head under the water and obtains their due sustenance.
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- NAME
- Great White Pelican
- HABITAT
- East of Europe through to Mongolia and Africa.
- SCIENTIFIC NAME
- Pelecanus onocrotalus
- SPICE
- Poultry
- DIET
- Piscivorous
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