Great white pelican

(Pelecanus onocrotalus)

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Description

The common pelican or white pelican ( Pelecanus onocrotalus Linnaeus,1758 ) is a large bird of the Pelecanidae family.The common pelican is a large bird of considerable size,almost exclusively white in color.Height 170 cm Weight 11 kg Wing opening about 3 meters.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum:

Class: Aves

Order:Pelecaniformes

Family:Pelecanidae

Genus:Pelecanus

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