Australian Pelican: Small Flock Overhead

Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)

Order:

Pelicans (Pelecaniformes)

Family:

Pelican (Pelecanidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)

This Photo:

Small Flock Overhead

Thank you Bradley W. Jones, Kai Squires & Joshua S. Martin (BioShots_JM) for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Riverland, Coastal Areas and elsewhere
Huge beak to swallow fish whole. White, yellow eye-ring, blue legs & feet, black wings. Big water bird.
Woo Hoo we saw one fly over Ellura yesterday! You could have knocked us over with a feather

This species is classed as

LC (Least Concern)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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