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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
Dark with a white stripe from the top of the bill, up to the crown and down the sides of the neck. They have long tufted feathers on the top of their heads. | Dark with a white stripe from the top of the bill, up to the crown and down the sides of the neck. They have long tufted feathers on the top of their heads. | ||
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| + | Much larger than the similar [[Brown Pelican]] with differences in especially bare part colors. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
[[Peru]] and [[Chile]]. | [[Peru]] and [[Chile]]. | ||
Revision as of 03:02, 26 July 2009
Alternative names: Chilean Pelican or Chilean Brown Pelican
- Pelecanus thagus
Identification
Dark with a white stripe from the top of the bill, up to the crown and down the sides of the neck. They have long tufted feathers on the top of their heads.
Much larger than the similar Brown Pelican with differences in especially bare part colors.
Distribution
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species. Howard & Moore treat this species as a part of Brown Pelican, but the Opus follow Clements and Sibley & Monroe in splitting it.
Habitat
Salt water bays, beaches, and shallow estuaries.
Behaviour
2-3 eggs are laid and incubated for 4-5 weeks.
Diet includes fish, especially Peruvian Anchovies.
References
- Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
- SACC proposal for splitting Peruvian Pelican read in July 2009
