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Dalmatian Pelican

Pelecanus crispus


Where is it found?

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Rivers, lakes, wetlands and estuaries

Diet and foraging method

Animals that eat other animals.
Dips its head under water and scoops fish into its bill.
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Key adaptations

Large bill pouch for scooping up lots of fish.

Social organisation and mating system

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 Individuals feed alone or in cooperative groups and are very social, some living in colonies of over 250 breeding pairs.
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Form socially monogamous pairs

Did you know?

Pelicans can store fish in their throat pouch to eat later.
They are one of the largest, and heaviest, living bird species. 

Taxonomy

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Picture credits:

http://www.arkive.org/dalmatian-pelican/pelecanus-crispus/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalmatian_pelican
http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?id=3811
Maps from: species.mol.org
Second image: "Pelecanus crispus (Dalmatian Pelican - Krauskopfpelikan) - Weltvogelpark Walsrode 2012-01" by Olaf Oliviero Riemer. Licenced under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pelecanus_crispus_(Dalmatian_Pelican_-_Krauskopfpelikan)_-_Weltvogelpark_Walsrode_2012-01.jpg#/media/File:Pelecanus_crispus_(Dalmatian_Pelican_-_Krauskopfpelikan)_-_Weltvogelpark_Walsrode_2012-01.jpg

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