pink gular pouch; black wings; tellow eye patch (Australia; 2006-06-20)


Australian Pelican
Pelecanus conspicillatus

Native Range: Australian Pelican

Notes: Australia's lovely representative of this pouch-bearing group of fish-eating birds; no sexual dimorphism.

one bird flying (Australia; 2006-06-20)
flock mixed in with Silver Gulls (Australia; 2006-06-20)

two birds flying (Australia; 2006-06-20)
two and one-half birds flying (Australia; 2006-06-20)

three birds flying (Australia; 2006-06-20)
five birds standing; black wings; white body (Australia; 2006-06-20)