Pelicans
American White Pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
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.
- Family
- Pelicans
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Weight
- 5.6 kg
- Habitat
- Wetland
- Diet
- Vertebrates, fish and carrion
- Migration
- Partial migrant
- Countries recorded
- 12
