ABOUT THIS SPECIES
BROWN PELICAN – (Species Account Weblog #78)
TAXONOMIC TREE:
- ORDER: Pelecaniformes,
- FAMILY: Pelecanidae,
- BINOMIAL NAME: Pelecanus occidentalis
The Brown Pelican is a everlasting resident of the coastal marine atmosphere from central North America southward to northern South America. Giant and conspicuous, gray-brown chook of saltwater habitats. Strictly coastal; hardly ever seen on inland lakes. Very lengthy invoice with pouch for scooping up fish. Forages primarily by diving on fish from above. (from Birds of the World)
SIMILAR SPECIES
Simply distinguished from American White Pelican (P. erythrorhynchos), the one different North America pelican, which is bigger, has white physique with black primaries and outer secondaries, and doesn’t plunge-dive.
GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION
PERSONAL OBSERVATION ANECDOTES
In Costa Rica we noticed Brown Pelicans close to Punta Leona and whereas on the boat tour on the mouth of the Tárcoles River.
PHOTO GALLERY
**A few of these Photograph Gallery photographs (all taken by me) have been taken in different close by nations.
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