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Spot Billed Pelican

Pelecanus philippensis

Description:

Found a nest of these beauties whilst travelling through Cambodia. But I love the intense concentration in this guys eye. He probably thought I was a fish

Habitat:

The Spot-billed Pelican is a bird of large inland and coastal waters, especially large lakes. At a distance they are difficult to differentiate from other pelicans in the region although it is smaller but at close range the spots on the upper mandible, the lack of bright colours and the greyer plumage are distinctive.

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2 Comments

kristi_av
kristi_av 12 years ago

The texture on that beak...man. Great photo, nice spotting!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Nice to study..!!

SeanWeekly
Spotted by
SeanWeekly

ភ្នំពេញ, Kâmpóng Thum, Cambodia

Spotted on Jul 10, 2011
Submitted on Aug 10, 2011

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