Pelican Fun
by Debra Forand
Title
Pelican Fun
Artist
Debra Forand
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
These friendly pelicans were in canal at Mexico beach and where so much fun to photography. The brown pelican and the Peruvian pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis thagus, are the only true marine pelican species (Harrison 1996). The ranges of the two species rarely overlap, facilitating identification of the birds in their native habitats. However, if directly compared, the brown pelican can be distinguished by a smaller body size, duller plumage, smaller crest and an upperwing lacking the pale forewing patch characteristic of the Peruvian subspecies.
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December 15th, 2012
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