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The great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) also known as the eastern white pelican, rosy pelican or white pelican is a bird in the pelican family. It breeds from southeastern Europe through Asia and Africa, in swamps and shallow lakes.
Scientific Name : Pelecanus Onocrotalus
Family : Pelecanidae
Order : Pelecaniformes
Class : Aves
Type : Pelicans
Conservation Status : Least concern (LC)
Size : 140 - 180 cm
Compare Size : Kite +++
Wingspan : 226 - 360 cm
Weight : 9000 - 15000 g
Migratory : Migrant
Sex Alike : Yes
Nesting Season : February to April
Other Names :
English : Eastern White Pelican, Rosy Pelican, White Pelican
Hindi : हवासिल
Marathi : पांढरा झोळीवाला
Habitat:
usually prefer shallow, (seasonally or tropical) warm freshwater
Breeding:
2, Ivory white
Feeding:
mainly eats fish
| Male & Female | |
|---|---|
| Neck | has faint pink tinge with yellowish base on the foreneck |
| Primaries | black |
| Secondaries | black with a whitish fringe |
| Tertials | white |
| Underwing Coverts | white |
| Upperwing coverts | white |
| Forehead | swollen with pointed forehead-feathers at lower end |
| Lores | pinkish skin which extends round the eye |
| Eyes | dark; has pinkish skin patch around eye that extends to lores |
| Legs | yellow; fleshy |
| Bill | mostly bluish-grey, has red tip |
| Gular skin | cream-yellow to yolk-yellow gular pouch |
| Note : predominantly white plumage; Males though simillar to females are 30% bigger than females and females have a shorter, straighter beak |
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| Date | Location |
|---|---|
| 31 Jan 2019 | Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, Rajasthan |
| 01 Feb 2019 | Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, Rajasthan |
