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Diving California brown pelican half-submerged after a dive Flock of California brown pelicans feeding in waters off San Diego, California. The brown pelican is a piscivore, primarily feeding on fish. [37] Menhaden may account for 90% of its diet, [38] and the anchovy supply is particularly important to the brown pelican's nesting success. [39]
The brown pelican usually plunge-dives head-first for its prey, from a height as great as 10–20 m (33–66 ft), especially for anchovies and menhaden. [74] [72] [71] The only other pelican to feed using a similar technique is the Peruvian pelican, but its dives are typically from a lower height than the brown pelican. [75]
Brown pelican, a protected species which commonly occurs in Puerto Rico's coasts. Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Pelecanidae. Pelicans are very large water birds with a distinctive pouch under their beak Like other birds in the order Pelecaniformes, they have four webbed toes. American white pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos (A)
Brown pelican, a protected species which commonly occurs in Vieques's coasts. Pelicans are very large water birds with a distinctive pouch under their beak Like other birds in the order Pelecaniformes, they have four webbed toes.
Eastern brown pelican: Pelecanus occidentalis: 1966 [23] Maine: Chickadee: Poecile, species not specified (de facto Poecile atricapillus) [24] 1927 [25] Maryland: Baltimore oriole: Icterus galbula: 1947 [26] Massachusetts: Black-capped chickadee: Poecile atricapilla: 1941 [27] Michigan: American robin: Turdus migratorius: 1931 [28] Minnesota ...
American white pelicans gathering at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge in Florida. Brown pelicans can also be seen in the center, and at the left and right margins. With wings spread, showing black remiges. The American white pelican rivals the trumpeter swan, with a similar overall length, as one of the longest birds native to North ...
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 feed by diving into water. This photograph shows a juvenile brown pelican gliding over the Pacific Ocean at Bodega Head , California.
Classically, bird relationships were based solely on morphological characteristics. The Pelecaniformes were traditionally, but erroneously, defined as birds that have feet with all four toes webbed (totipalmate), as opposed to all other birds with webbed feet where only three of four were webbed.