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Australian Pelican

Pelecanus conspicillatus


Australia’s only species of Pelican. Gregarious in small to
large flocks at inland and coastal wetlands, estuaries and sheltered marine
bays. Sometimes hunts cooperatively by herding fish into shallows. Also
opportunistically eats arthropods, crustaceans, birds and other vertebrates. 

The Australian Bird Guide, Peter Menkhorst et al

Classifications: Bird, water and shoreline
Family: Pelicanidae (Pelicans)
Information sources: Photo taken at Kinchant Damn by Marlis Schoeb

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