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Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Pelφcano Blanco Americano
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A large, white waterbird with a huge bill, and black, trailing edges to the wings. Length: 127-128 cm.; weight: 5,000-8,500 g. Breeds on lakes and marshes in interior North America, and normally winters in the southern States and coastal Central America. However, single birds have been sighted rarely off Puerto Rico (e.g. Vieques, 12 Feb. 1986), and one flock of eight birds was once reported at sea off the Añasco River mouth. TAXONOMY: PELECANIFORMES; PELECANIDAE |
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Photo: G. Beaton
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References Bent, A.C. 1922. Life histories of North American petrels and pelicans and their allies. Smithsonian Instit. U.S. National Museum Bull. 121. (Reprinted by Dover Press, 1964). del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, and J. Sargatal, eds. 1992. Handbook of Birds of the World, Vol. 1, Ostrich to ducks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Ehrlich, P.R., D.S. Dobkin, and D. Wheye. 1988. The birderÆs handbook: a field guide to the natural history of North American birds. Simon and Schuster/Fireside, NY. Evans, R. M., and F. L. Knopf. 1993. American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhychos). No. 57 in The birds of North America (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, PA, and Am. Ornithol. Union, Washington, D.C. Norton, R. L. 1986. The winter season---West Indies region. Am Birds 40:338-340. Raffaele, H.A. 1989. A guide to the birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Princeton. Raffaele, H.A. 1989. Una guía a las aves de Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes. Publishing Resources, Inc., Santurce, PR. Raffaele, H.A., J.W. Wiley, O.H. Garrido, A.R. Keith, and J.I. Raffaele. 1998. Guide to the birds of the West Indies. Princeton. Williams, E. H. and L. Bunkley-Williams. 1992. Two unusual seabird records from Puerto Rico. Carib. J. Sci. 28:105. American White Pelican, Spanish textNext related species in taxonomic order Previous related species in taxonomic order |
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