Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Spot-billed pelican

Pelecanus philippensis Gmelin, 1789

Description:

Pelicans are a genus of large water birds that makes up the family Pelecanidae. They are characterised by a long beak and a large throat pouch used for catching prey and draining water from the scooped up contents before swallowing. Length 1.27–1.52 m (4.2–5.0 ft), wingspan 2.5 m (8.2 ft), weight c. 5 kg (11 lb). Mainly grey-white all over, with a grey hindneck crest in breeding season, pinkish rump and spotted bill pouch

Habitat:

Monotypic. Southern Asia from southern Pakistan across India east to Indonesia; Status: Near Threatened.

Notes:

I saw them in the morning, in a small lake where I never expected to see them, took their photos and then they left.

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

No Comments

VincentVanur
Spotted by
VincentVanur

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

Spotted on Nov 7, 2016
Submitted on Nov 20, 2017

Related Spottings

Pelecanus Pelicans Brown Pelican Brown Pelican

Nearby Spottings

Spotting Spotting Mirch Jejarum Kuning
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team