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	Pelican
		Modern pelicans are found on all continents except Antarctica: they are birds of inland and coastal waters and are absent from polar regions, the deep ocean, oceanic islands, and inland South America.
		In medieval Europe, the pelican was thought to be particularly attentive to her young, to the point of providing her own blood when no other food was available.
		As a result the pelican became a symbol in bestiaries for self-sacrifice, and was used as a symbol in heraldry ("a pelican in her piety").
	www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/p/pe/pelican.html (396 words)

	Pelican
		Modern pelicans are found on all continents except Antarctica: they are birds of inland and coastal waters and are absent from polar regions, the deep ocean, oceanic islands, and inland South America.
		In medieval Europe, the pelican was thought to be particularly attentive to her young, to the point of providing her own blood when no other food was available.
		As a result the pelican became a symbol in bestiaries for self-sacrifice, and was used as a symbol in heraldry ("a pelican in her piety").
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pe/Pelicans.html (354 words)

	Great white pelican - Pelecanus onocrotalus: More Information - ARKive
		The great white pelican is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List 2006 (1) and is listed on Appendices I and II of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS or Bonn Convention) (3).
		Pelicans may also be seen standing on sandbars and small islands with their wings spread and bills open, to cool down.
		The great white pelican is not a well-monitored species, to the exception of those in South-Africa, particularly by the Avian Demography Unit of the University of Cape Town (7) (8).
	www.arkive.org /species/GES/birds/Pelecanus_onocrotalus/more_info.html (945 words)

	White Pelican - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) is a bird in the pelican family.
		This pelican migrates short distances, wintering in northeast Africa.
		The White Pelican is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/White_Pelican (255 words)

	White Pelican: WhoZoo
		During winters the pelican is found along the Pacific coast from central California and southern Arizona south along the western lowlands of Mexico to Guatemala and Nicaragua and from Florida and the Gulf states south along the Gulf coast of Mexico to Tabasco and the state of Yucatan.
		Pelicans are naturally very large in size, but in spite of this they can sit high on the water because their bones are full of air and the air sacs in their body are large.
		The Pelican is in the Kingdom Animalia, the Phylum Chordata, the Subphylum Vertebrata, the Class Aves, the Order Pelecaniformes, the Family Pelecanidae, the Genus Pelecanus, and the American White Pelican is in the Species Pelecanus erythrorhynchos.
	www.whozoo.org /Intro98/stewwarr/stewwarr1.htm (683 words)

	White Pelican. Bird Watching White Pelicans
		Biology - White pelicans are gregarious, usually travelling in flocks and nesting in colonies.
		Pelicans do not dive for food but cooperate to surround fish in shallow water where they scoop them into their pouches.
		In recent decades the number of white pelicans has dropped drastically because of the use of pesticides, human disturbance and the draining of wetlands.
	www.bcadventure.com /adventure/wilderness/birds/whitepel.htm (154 words)

	Daily Nation's SATURDAY MAGAZINE
		Pelicans and flamingos have an interesting association with the lakes of the Great Rift Valley.
		"It is one of the breeding grounds of the great white pelican.
		Lake Elementaita lies on private property and is one of the four breeding grounds of the great white pelican in Africa.
	www.nationaudio.com /News/DailyNation/Saturday/1702/travel.htm (1002 words)

	Great White Pelican (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		large white bird with the characteristic pouched bill, the great white pelican is well adapted for aquatic life.
		A group of 6 to 8 great white pelicans will gather in a horseshoe formation in the water to feed together.
		The female lays 2 to 4 eggs in a nest of sticks in a tree or on the grass.
	www.mbgnet.net /fresh/lakes/animals/pelican.html (179 words)

	Pelican - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A pelican is any of several very large water birds with a distinctive pouch under the beak belonging to the bird family Pelecanidae.
		As a result, the pelican became a symbol of the Passion of Jesus and of the Eucharist.
		It also became a symbol in bestiaries for self-sacrifice, and was used in heraldry ("a pelican in her piety" or "a pelican vulning (wounding) herself").
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pelecanidae (560 words)

	White Pelican Skull
		White Pelican Skull - The white pelican is native to a large region of central and coastal North America.
		Pelicans are carnivores that feed on a variety of fish, using their long beaks and wide throat pouch to gulp up their prey.
		Pelicans can often be seen diving from great heights to capture fish and sometimes work in groups to capture prey.
	www.skullsunlimited.com /white-pelican-skull.html (122 words)

	CLS - Argos : Newsletter 51 - Migration of the Great White Pelican from Europe to Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocro-talus) is a large bird (120-180 cm in body length, 7-13 kg body mass) widely distribu-ted in eastern Europe, Asia and Africa.
		Pelicans migrate from Europe to Africa in fall, and return to their breeding grounds in Europe in spring.
		The next stage in our program will be to attach transmitters to four pelicans as they continue their migration to Africa, and discover where their wintering grounds are.
	www.cls.fr /html/argos/documents/newsletter/nslan51/white_pelican_en.html (341 words)

	ADW: Pelecanus onocrotalus: Information
		White, wing feathers fl, large bill colored bright yellow and blue and tipped with red, pouch and feet yellow.
		In cooperative feeding, 8-12 pelicans get in a horseshoe formation on the water; they surround and force fish into shallow water, flapping wings and plunging bills to catch the fish along the way.
		Young pelicans are prized for fat; the oils derived from pelican fat are used for medicine in China and India (to fight rheumatism).
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Pelecanus_onocrotalus.html (660 words)

	White Pelicans aka Great White Pelicans
		The White Pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus also known as the Great White Pelican is a bird in the pelican family.
		This is a large pelican, at 160cm length and with a 280cm wingspan.
		The White Pelican is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
	www.avianweb.com /whitepelicans.html (260 words)

	American White Pelican - Pelecanus erythrorhynchos - Pélican d'Amérique
		American white Pelican is a very gregarious bird, and breeds in large colonies.
		American white Pelicans have a graceful strong flight with their elongated necks bent back over bodies.
		Pelican incubate with their webbed feet because they don't have brood patch or bare skin on belly.
	www.oiseaux.net /oiseaux/pelecaniformes/american.white.pelican.html (767 words)

	Avian Demography Unit: Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
		Great White Pelicans breed in Africa, and in Europe and Asia from Greece to Vietman.
		Although population sizes of Great White Pelicans are monitored by the Avian Demography Unit's Coordinated Waterbird Counts (CWAC) project, this provides us with information for only one day in midsummer and one day in midwinter each year.
		The breeding population of White pelicans Pelecanus onocrotalus at Bird Rock Platform in Walvis Bay, 1949-1978.
	web.uct.ac.za /depts/stats/adu/species/sp049_00.htm (1464 words)

	South Africa Birds - Great White Pelican {Pelecanus onocrotalus}
		The enormous Great white Pelican is a waterbird, largely white, with contrasting fl flight feathers on the wings.
		In the breeding season, the Great White Pelican takes on a pinkish flush and there is usually a yellow wash on the breast.
		Socialisation: Great White Pelicans are gregarious birds and large flocks often fish togther encircling and trapping shoals of fish in shallow water where all the birds are easily able to scoop up fish in the skin pouch below the bill.
	www.sa-venues.com /wildlife/birds_great_white_pelican.htm (348 words)

	The new Airbus! Photo \| TrekNature
		Great shot, nice title :-) I think the grad filter works really well, it gives the impression of last light as the sunlight is weakening and fading.
		This is a magnificent capture of this great white.
		The composition is great and the cropping ensured the bird have sufficient space to 'fly into'.
	www.treknature.com /gallery/Africa/South_Africa/photo49835.htm (1181 words)

	The White Pelican: An Endangered Species
		Status: Although it was removed from the national list of threatened species in 1987, the American white pelican is still considered endangered in Alberta.
		Risk factors: The most significant effect on white pelican populations in Alberta is disturbance of their breeding sites, by humans or industrial activity.
		It is illegal to kill white pelicans or to disturb their eggs or nests at any time in Alberta.
	raysweb.net /specialplaces/pages/pelican.html (417 words)

	Australia Pelican
		The weight of a pelican is around thirteen kg and they have a wingspan of three meters.
		The Australian Pelican is a medium size pelican, their weight is between four and seven kg.
		There are different species of pelicans, here are some of them, brown pelican, America white pelican, great white pelican, Australian pelican, spot-billed pelican, pink backed pelican and peruvian pelican.
	www.travel-australia.org /kakadu/pelican.html (186 words)

	Pelican Information
		Like other birds in that group, pelicans have all four toes webbed (they are totipalmate).
		Because of its large beak and pouch, the pelican has a particular place in the public imagination: as one poet wrote, "A wonderful bird is the pelican; his beak can hold more than his belly can...".
		"The White pelican is one of six pelican species found throughout tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions of the world".
	www.junglewalk.com /info/pelican-information.htm (567 words)

	Avian Demography Unit: Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
		Pelicans are easy to see, not only for their large size and bright white colour, but also because the attractiveness of the habitat where they dwell: wetlands, the coast line and off-shore islands.
		The population of Great White Pelican is in decline worldwide.
		Great White Pelicans in a pig farm in the Western Cape
	web.uct.ac.za /depts/stats/adu/gwp_project.htm (756 words)

	Valencia Spain White Pelican (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The white pelican at the L'Oceanografic in Valencia, Spain is pure white except for his pink facial patch around his eye and pinkish legs.
		The white pelican also known as the Great White Pelican is a large web-footed bird which breeds from southeastern Europe through Asia and in Africa in swamps and shallow lakes.
		White Pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus, at the L'Oceanographic in the La Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciencies Complex, Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, The City of the Arts and Science, in the City of Valencia, Valencia, Spain, Europe.
	www.hickerphoto.com /valencia-spain-white-pelican-11124-pictures.htm (290 words)

	All About Birds
		Breeding on lakes throughout the northern Great Plains and mountain West, the American White Pelican is one of the largest birds in North America.
		The White Pelican does not dive for fish as the Brown Pelican does.
		Several pelicans may fish cooperatively, moving into a circle to concentrate fish, and then dipping their heads under simultaneously to catch fish.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/American_White_Pelican.html (137 words)

	Pelican Species of the World: Australian Pelican with the Longest Beak of any Bird in the World
		Scientifically in the Class of Aves, Pelicans are a very distinct group of birds with all 8 species belonging to a single genus.
		Great White Pelican is the longest of the Pelican subspecies reaching 70 inches in length with a spectacular wingspan reaching over 120 inches.
		In the United States the Brown Pelican along with the American White Pelican is protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918.
	www.tigerhomes.org /animal/pelican-species.cfm (326 words)

	Great white pelican - Pelecanus onocrotalus - ARKive
		Status: The great white pelican is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List 2006 and is listed on Appendices I and II of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS or Bonn Convention).
		It is listed on Appendix II of the Berne Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats and on Annex I of the EC Birds Directive.
		The head has a white crest of long, bushy feathers.
	www.arkive.org /species/GES/birds/Pelecanus_onocrotalus (193 words)

	White Pelican
		This White Pelican was probably painted in Florida in 1831 or 1832.
		In North America, White Pelicans can best be seen in Florida during the winter or Salt Lake City during the summer.
		Lehman drew a second picture, not used in the elephant folio, showing the body in profile and the head towards the viewer.
	www.historical-museum.org /collect/audubon/whitepelican.htm (63 words)

	BirdForum - Great White Pelican - Norfolk
		On the morning of 7th October, The Pelican was noted in flight over Llandudno, and later over Crosby Beach, Merseyside, before reappearing at Brockholes Quarry at 13:20hrs, and alternating as before between the adj River ribble and the Quarry until mid-evening at least.
		This Great White Pelican - an endangered species rarely seen in the wild - was spotted flying north off Crosby beach.
		The adult pelican, which has a 10-foot wing span and lives in fresh water marshes, has been seen pestering fishermen for food, and is thought to have travelled to Crosby from its natural habitat in eastern Europe.
	www.birdforum.net /showthread.php?goto=lastpost&t=65693 (973 words)

	birding facts Birding Resources by the Fat Birder
		Migration of the Great White Pelican from Europe to Africa...
		The Spotbilled Pelican (Pelecanus phillipensis), one of the largest birds of the Indian subcontinent, is in danger of vanishing forever from the face of the earth.
		This is the story of a group of dedicated people fighting to save one of the five remaining breeding colonies of this endangered bird, in a small village in Karnataka...
	www.fatbirder.com /species_and_families/non_passerines/pelecanidae.html (415 words)

	great white pelican on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
		here it says that they show this pink in breeding times, otherwise they are white.
		but I think the pelican deserves most of the credit for this shot.
		This image is somewhat similar to a pelican shot I have taken with my Panasonic FZ (a FZ20)...
	www.flickr.com /photos/heavenuphere/120874330 (479 words)

	White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
		Man, this is a great capture of a flying Pelican.
		I love it when about 100 of them get in a group and fly up so high that you can't see them anymore.
		I love pelicans and this one is outstanding.
	flickr.com /photos/46241880@N00/127323892 (258 words)

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