>> GENERAL >>>>>
– very large waterbird, much larger than White Stork
– diurnal migrant
– migrates in small to large flocks in formation, often circling in thermals, sometimes mixed with Great White Pelican
>> VISUAL ID >>>>>
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus, AD
BIF1785, 27/05/2011, Rybachje, Kazakhstan, Patrick Franke
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus, AD (left)
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus, AD (right)
BIF1773, 27/05/2011, Rybachje, Kazakhstan, Patrick Franke
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus, AD (left)
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus, AD (right)
BIF1774, 27/05/2011, Rybachje, Kazakhstan, Patrick Franke
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus, AD (upper right)
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus, AD
BIF1776, 27/05/2011, Rybachje, Kazakhstan, Patrick Franke
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus
BIF1786, 31/08/2006, Burgas, Bulgaria, Mathias Putze
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus
BIF1787, 31/08/2006, Burgas, Bulgaria, Mathias Putze
>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>
– usually nonvocal during migration
>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>
Great White Pelican (v)
Pink-backed Pelican (v)
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