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Pelecanus occidentalisbrown pelican
Identification
Pelecanus occidentalis (brown pelican)
Date Taken
December 26, 2007
Location
Port Hueneme, California
Caption
Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis). The bright bill and gular pouch of breeding plumage begins in December and may last through August. The bright red color is found only in the Pacific coast sub-species.
- Subject
- Live Animal
- Type
- Photo
- Life Stages And Gender
- Adult/Sexually Mature
- Anatomy
- Sexual
- Anatomy
- Breeding
- Behaviors
- Locomotion :: Flying
- Anatomy
- Body Parts :: Wings
- Anatomy
- Body Parts :: Beak
Contributors
Steve Hinshaw (photographer; copyright holder; identification)
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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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