pelican

     

A pelican is any of several very large water birs with a distinctive pouch under the beak belonging to the bird family Pelecanidae.

Trivia about pelican

  • It can weigh up to 33 pounds, its wingspan may reach 10 feet & it has a big pouch under its lower mandible
  • This bird's distinctive feature is seen here full of fish
  • The cormorant is related to this "pouched" creature
  • The brown type of this pouched bird plunges from the air to fish; the white one scoops up fish as it swims
  • On Louisiana's flag, an Eastern brown this bird is feeding its young
  • This pouched state bird of Louisiana has been designated an endangered species in North America
  • The brown one of these pouched birds is being delisted as it has bounced back from DDT devastation
  • It can take a minute for the occidentalis or brown species of this bird to drain its pouch of water
  • Teddy Roosevelt established a refuge in Florida to protect the nesting sites of the brown species of this water bird
  • This state bird is depicted on Louisiana's state seal in a nest with her 3 young
  • Brown & white are the main U.S. types of this pouch-mouthed bird
  • He'll send you a large bill:CAP LINE
  • I'm P. onocrotalus, the white species of this big-throated bird; more fish, please!