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Australian Pelican squabbling with cormorants (Little Pied Cormorant and Little Black Cormorant)
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close up of head
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preening
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Australian Pelicans on the beach at Bribie Island
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Feeding time for the Pelicans at Currumbin Sanctuary. This one is catching a fish thrown to it.
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Pelican at Tipplers camp site, South Stradbroke Island.
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Australian Pelican
Photograph copyright: Nickolay Tilcheff - all rights reserved. Used with permission.
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AUSTRALIAN PELICAN FACTS |
Description
The Australian Pelican is an the only pelican in Australia and is an unmistakable large black and white bird. The Pelican's bill is 40 cm - 50 cm long and is larger in males than females.
Size
Size 1.7m including bill. Wingspan 2.3 m - 2.5 m.
Habitat
wetlands, lakes, swamps, rivers, coastal islands and shores.
Food
fish
Breeding
The nest is a scrape in the ground lined with vegetation or feathers. Lays 1-3 eggs.
Range
throughout Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Pelecaniformes | | Family: | Pelecanidae | | Genus: | Pelecanus | | Species: | conspicillatus | | Common Name: | Australian Pelican |
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