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The American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) is a large aquatic soaring bird from the order Pelecaniformes. It breeds in interior North America, moving south and to the coasts, as far as Costa Rica, in winter.
For example, in Africa, the pink-backed pelican generally takes fish ranging in size from fry up to 400 g (0.9 lb) and the great white pelican prefers somewhat larger fish, up to 600 g (1.3 lb), but in Europe, the latter species has been recorded taking fish up to 1,850 g (4.1 lb). [71] In deep water, white pelicans often fish alone.
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Gunnison Island is located in the northwest quadrant of the Great Salt Lake in Box Elder County, Utah, United States, approximately 55 miles (89 km) northwest of Salt Lake City and about 6 miles (9.7 km) east from the lake's western shore, and is best known as an important rookery for the American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos).
American white pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos; Great white pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus; Other. White Pelican Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada
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Historically American white pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) nested on Eagle Lake. They suffered from hunting by locals who mistakenly thought the pelicans ate the native trout and stopped nesting completely after 1932, when water was exported for agricultural irrigation and lowered the lake level by 10 feet (3 m), changing their nesting ...
Great white pelican skimming the sea surface, in Namibia Two great white pelicans (left) and an American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) in St James's Park, London in St James' Park, London in Ethiopia. The great white pelican is a huge bird—only the Dalmatian pelican is, on average, larger among pelicans