- CHARACTERISTICS
- The plumage is light with a grey pink hue. The primary and secondary feathers are grey brown. In length it can reach from 1.25 to 1.32 metres and its weight is between 4 to 7 Kg.
The wingspan is of 215 to 290 cm. The bill is light pink. The feet and legs are pink.
- DIET
- Ichthyophagous or piscivores.
- REPRODUCTION
- They nest in colonies. They build nests of twigs upon vegetation such as trees, bushes and mangrove swamps.
The clutch tends to consist of two eggs. Incubation takes around 30 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
- Pink-Backed Pelican
- HABITAT
- Africa and South of the Arabian peninsula
- SCIENTIFIC NAME
- Pelecanus rufescens
- SPICE
- Poultry
- DIET
- Piscivorous
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