One For The Many
by Leticia Latocki
Title
One For The Many
Artist
Leticia Latocki
Medium
Photograph
Description
American white pelican
American White Pelican.jpg
Flying in Dallas, USA
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Subclass: Neornithes
Infraclass: Neognathae
Superorder: Neoaves
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Pelecanidae
Genus: Pelecanus
Subgenus: Pelecanus
Species: P. erythrorhynchos
Binomial name
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Gmelin, 1789
Synonyms
Pelecanus erythrorhynchus (lapsus)
The American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) is a large aquatic soaring bird from the order Pelecaniformes. It breeds in interior North America, moving south and to the coasts, as far as Central America and South America, in winter.
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November 19th, 2015
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Comments (3)
Kyle Dig
Amazing capture! That looks like a big fish (you know what kind and can you see it thrashing about inside the pouch?) staring down its captor's throat here! So could the bird really manage to win the battle and gulp that whole thing down entirely okay? Does the fish put up a good fight, if eaten, does the unlucky prey get swallowed wriggling all the way as well?!