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[[Image:Spotbilledpelican.jpg]] '''Common Name:''' Spot-billed Pelican '''Scientific Name:''' Pelecanus philippensis '''Size:''' 49-60 inches (125-152 cm) '''Habitat:''' Asia; breeds in India, Sri Lanka and Cambodia. Found inland and at coastal waters, especially shallow lakes. '''Status:''' Vulnerable. This species has declined at a moderately rapid rate owing to a number of threats. For this reason the species is classified as “Near Threatened” . A crucial factor in its decline was the loss of the Sittang valley breeding colony in Myanmar through deforestation and loss of feeding-sites. Key threats are a combination of human disturbance at breeding colonies and wetlands, extensive felling of nesting trees, hunting and poaching of eggs and chicks. Additional threats include loss of important feeding-sites through siltation, agricultural intensification, aquaculture development, drainage and conversion of wetlands, declines in wetland productivity as a result of pesticide use, and over-exploitation of fisheries. There is some persecution resulting from competition between the birds and fishers. A potential but as yet unqualified threat is posed by avian influenza. The Philippines population is extinct. '''Diet:''' Fish and some marine invertebrates. Prey is caught by fishing from the water surface. '''Nesting:''' The nest is a heap of vegetation in a tree. Three to four eggs is the usual clutch size. All Pelicans nest in colonies. '''Cool Facts:''' Pakistan has designated it as the provincial bird of Sindh. '''Found in Pelicans'''
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