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    American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) is a large aquatic soaring bird from the order Pelecaniformes. It breeds in interior North America...
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    great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) also known as the eastern white pelican, rosy pelican or simply white pelican is a bird in the pelican family...
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    Centre, after heavy rains create temporary lakes. White pelicans are also observed at the American state of Utah's Great Salt Lake, for example, some...
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    The brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) is a bird of the pelican family, Pelecanidae, one of three species found in the Americas and one of two that...
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    The Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) is the largest member of the pelican family, and perhaps the world's largest freshwater bird, although rivaled...
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  • White pelican may refer to: American white pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Great white pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus White Pelican Provincial Park...
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    alongside the Dalmatian pelican as the longest of pelicans. Overall, the Australian pelican is predominantly white in colour. There is a white panel on the upper-wing...
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    The spot-billed pelican (Pelecanus philippensis) or gray pelican is a member of the pelican family. It breeds in southern Asia from southern Iran across...
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    The Peruvian pelican (Pelecanus thagus) is a member of the pelican family. It lives on the west coast of South America, breeding in loose colonies from...
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    The pink-backed pelican (Pelecanus rufescens) is a bird of the pelican family. It is a resident breeder in the swamps and shallow lakes of Africa and southern...
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    Ciconiiformes based on this morphology. However, genetic evidence places it with pelicans and herons in the Pelecaniformes. The adult is mainly grey while the juveniles...
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  • The Pelican Brief is a 1993 American legal thriller film based on the 1992 novel by John Grisham. Directed by Alan J. Pakula, the film stars Julia Roberts...
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    Knopf. (1993). "American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)". In: A. Poole and F. Gill, (eds.), The Birds of North America, No. 57. Philadelphia:...
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  • Northern gannet American white pelican Brown pelican Double-crested cormorant Neotropic cormorant Anhinga Magnificent frigatebird American bittern Least...
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    open woodland. Another bird which winters in California is the American white pelican which is a large seabird, with a wingspan reaching up to 110 inches...
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    Flag of Louisiana (category Use American English from October 2022)
    blue with the arms of Louisiana, a pelican vulning herself, in white in the center, with a ribbon beneath, also in white, containing in blue the state motto:...
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    phalarope, American avocet, black-necked stilt, marbled godwit, snowy plover, western sandpiper, long-billed dowitcher, tundra swan, American white pelican, white-faced...
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    and Canada combined. Scarlet Macaw Green and Little Blue Herons American White Pelican Many varieties of Hummingbirds Many other species of birds, such...
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    critical habitat for several species of migratory birds, such as the American white pelican, and home to thousands of indigenous plants and animals. The Audubonistas...
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    birds in the order Pelecaniformes, they have four webbed toes.: 88  American white pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos (B) Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Ardeidae...
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  • counterpart of Big Bird in Sesamstraat Wattoo Wattoo, an oval-shaped black and white bird in Wattoo Wattoo Super Bird Woodstock, a bird of unknown species in...
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    state include the American bald eagles, New World vulture, peregrine falcon, northern goshawk, red-tailed hawk, American white pelican, northern phainopepla...
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    Antoine; Tourment, Nicolas; Carrier, Julie (2011). "The Earliest Known Pelican Reveals 30 Million Years of Evolutionary Stasis in Beak Morphology". Journal...
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    from the egg helpless and naked in most. They lack a brood patch. The pelicans, shoebill and hamerkop form a clade within the order, with their next closest...
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    with the Pelecaniformes, and its closest relatives are thought to be the pelicans and the shoebill. The shape of its head with a long bill and crest at the...
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    American bird. They are surpassed in both body length and weight only by the trumpeter swan and the introduced mute swan. The American white pelican and...
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    comentarios sobre los effectos de los huracanes en el Caribe [The American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchus) in Colombia, with comments on the effects...
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    to the huge jabiru, at 6.5 kg (14.3 lb) and 150 cm (60 in) (the American white pelican is heavier, but is an accidental species). Scarlet macaws are a...
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    List of birds of Colorado (category Use American English from March 2017)
    Pelecaniformes, they have four webbed toes. American white pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis Order: Pelecaniformes   Family:...
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    Lake of the Woods (category International lakes of North America)
    provide nesting habitats for the piping plover and large numbers of American white pelicans and as recently as the early 20th century also provided calving...
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