• Welcome to BirdForum, the internet's largest birding community with thousands of members from all over the world. The forums are dedicated to wild birds, birding, binoculars and equipment and all that goes with it.

    Please register for an account to take part in the discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.
ZEISS DTI thermal imaging cameras. For more discoveries at night, and during the day.

Difference between revisions of "Peruvian Pelican" - BirdForum Opus

m (typo)
(→‎External Links: Expanded GSearch)
 
(12 intermediate revisions by 5 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
 +
[[Image:Peruvian_Pelican.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Adult in breeding plumage<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Alastair+Rae|Alastair Rae}} <br />Arica, [[Chile]], November 2005]]
 
'''Alternative names: Chilean Pelican or Chilean Brown Pelican'''
 
'''Alternative names: Chilean Pelican or Chilean Brown Pelican'''
 
;[[:Category:Pelecanus|Pelecanus]] thagus
 
;[[:Category:Pelecanus|Pelecanus]] thagus
[[Image:Peruvian_Pelican.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Alastair Rae <br/> Location:  Arica, [[Chile]] ]]
 
 
==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.
 +
[[Image:PeruvianPelicanIMG 9836.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Adult in flight<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|jmorlan|Joseph Morlan}}<br />Port of San Martin (Pisco), [[Peru]], 15 December 2017]]
 +
====Similar Species====
 +
Much larger than the similar [[Brown Pelican]] with differences in especially bare part colors.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
[[Peru]] and [[Chile]].
 
[[Peru]] and [[Chile]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==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.  
+
This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>.
 +
 
 +
Howard & Moore treat this species as a part of [[Brown Pelican]], but the Opus follow Clements and Sibley & Monroe in splitting it.  
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Salt water bays, beaches, and shallow estuaries.
+
Beaches, cliffs and guano islands
 +
 
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
2-3 eggs are laid and incubated for 4-5 weeks.
+
====Actions====
 +
Peruvian pelicans feed by diving into the water from flight. During coastal bird watching tours between from Pucusana port to Asia Island in [[Peru]]. They can be observed regularly in common feeding frenzies with sea lions, dusky dolphins, [[Guanay Cormorant]]s, [[Peruvian Booby|Peruvian Boobies]], [[Inca Tern]]s and several gull species.
 +
====Breeding====
 +
2-3 eggs are laid and incubated for 4-5 weeks. Breeds in large colonies on rocky coasts, feeding in shallow offshore waters along the coast on small schooling fish.
 +
====Diet====
 +
This bird feeds on several species of fish. The main prey species is the Peruvian anchovies (''Engraulis ringens''). Other species consumed are Sardines (''Sardinops sagax''), ''Trachurus murphyi'' and ''Scomberesox saurus''.
 +
==References==
 +
#Mundo Azul Species fact sheet [http://mundoazul.org/habitats-species/marine-birds/peruvian-pelican-pelecanus-thagus/ Peruvian pelican]
 +
#{{Ref-Clements6thAug18}}#SACC (2007) Proposal (#271) to South American Classification Committee. Separate Pelecanus thagus from P. occidentalis. URL: http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop271.htm
 +
#del Hoyo, J., Collar, N., Garcia, E.F.J. & Kirwan, G.M. (2018). Peruvian Pelican (''Pelecanus thagus''). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/467293 on 28 January 2018).
 +
#Peruvian Pelican (''Pelecanus thagus''), In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA. retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online: https://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/perpel1
 +
#Wikipedia
 +
{{ref}}
  
Diet includes fish, especially Peruvian Anchovies.
 
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
{{GSearch|Pelecanus+thagus}}  
+
{{GSearch|"Pelecanus thagus" {{!}} "Peruvian Pelican" {{!}} "Chilean Pelican" {{!}} "Chilean Brown Pelican"}}
 +
{{GS-checked}}1
 +
<br />
 +
<br />
 +
 
 
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Pelecanus]]
 
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Pelecanus]]

Latest revision as of 20:07, 16 February 2023

Adult in breeding plumage
Photo © by Alastair Rae
Arica, Chile, November 2005

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.

Adult in flight
Photo © by Joseph Morlan
Port of San Martin (Pisco), Peru, 15 December 2017

Similar Species

Much larger than the similar Brown Pelican with differences in especially bare part colors.

Distribution

Peru and Chile.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[2].

Howard & Moore treat this species as a part of Brown Pelican, but the Opus follow Clements and Sibley & Monroe in splitting it.

Habitat

Beaches, cliffs and guano islands

Behaviour

Actions

Peruvian pelicans feed by diving into the water from flight. During coastal bird watching tours between from Pucusana port to Asia Island in Peru. They can be observed regularly in common feeding frenzies with sea lions, dusky dolphins, Guanay Cormorants, Peruvian Boobies, Inca Terns and several gull species.

Breeding

2-3 eggs are laid and incubated for 4-5 weeks. Breeds in large colonies on rocky coasts, feeding in shallow offshore waters along the coast on small schooling fish.

Diet

This bird feeds on several species of fish. The main prey species is the Peruvian anchovies (Engraulis ringens). Other species consumed are Sardines (Sardinops sagax), Trachurus murphyi and Scomberesox saurus.

References

  1. Mundo Azul Species fact sheet Peruvian pelican
  2. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  3. SACC (2007) Proposal (#271) to South American Classification Committee. Separate Pelecanus thagus from P. occidentalis. URL: http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop271.htm
  4. del Hoyo, J., Collar, N., Garcia, E.F.J. & Kirwan, G.M. (2018). Peruvian Pelican (Pelecanus thagus). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/467293 on 28 January 2018).
  5. Peruvian Pelican (Pelecanus thagus), In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA. retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online: https://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/perpel1
  6. Wikipedia

Recommended Citation

External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1

Back
Top