Great White Pelican
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| - | '''Common Name:''' Great White Pelican | + | '''Common Name:''' Great White Pelican<br> |
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'''Scientific Name:''' Pelecanus onocrotalus | '''Scientific Name:''' Pelecanus onocrotalus | ||
'''Habitat:''' Europe, Asia and Africa; they breeds from southeastern Europe through Asia and in Africa in swamps and shallow lakes. More than 50% of White Pelicans breed in the Danube Delta. This pelican migrates short distances, wintering in northeast Africa. | '''Habitat:''' Europe, Asia and Africa; they breeds from southeastern Europe through Asia and in Africa in swamps and shallow lakes. More than 50% of White Pelicans breed in the Danube Delta. This pelican migrates short distances, wintering in northeast Africa. | ||
| - | '''Status:''' | + | '''Status:''' Least Concern. '''Global Population:''' 270,000 - 290,000 mature individuals. This species has declined greatly through habitat loss and persecution. The White Pelican is one of the species to which the “Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds” (AEWA) applies. |
'''Diet:''' Fish and some marine invertebrates. Prey is caught by fishing from the water surface. This pelican is known to also eat unsuspecting birds (primarily pigeons) as recorded at St. James's Park in London. They swallow them whole and still alive. | '''Diet:''' Fish and some marine invertebrates. Prey is caught by fishing from the water surface. This pelican is known to also eat unsuspecting birds (primarily pigeons) as recorded at St. James's Park in London. They swallow them whole and still alive. | ||
| - | '''Found in Pelicans''' | + | '''Found in [http://hivewire3d.com/songbird-remix-pelicans.html Songbird ReMix Pelicans]''' |
