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Pelecanus occidentalisbrown pelican
Identification
Pelecanus occidentalis (brown pelican)
Date Taken
6/19/09
Location
Ocean Isle Beach, NC
- Subject
- Live Animal
- Type
- Photo
- Life Stages And Gender
- Adult/Sexually Mature
- Anatomy
- Body Parts :: Beak
- Behaviors
- Communication
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Jo O'Keefe (photographer; copyright holder)
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Classification
- Kingdom Animalia animals
- Phylum Chordata chordates
- Subphylum Vertebrata vertebrates
- Class Aves birds
- Order Pelecaniformes pelicans, tropicbirds, cormorants, and relatives
- Family Pelecanidae pelicans
- Genus Pelecanus pelicans
- Species Pelecanus occidentalis brown pelican
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