Pelicans
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Published : January 19, 2017
| Last modified on July 4th, 2017 at 2:20 pm
Pelicans are best known for their distinctive throat pouch.
Type:
Aves
Order:
Pelecaniformes
Family:
Pelecanidae
General Background:
Pelicans are large water birds with a distinctive pouch under their beak. As with other members of the order Pelecaniformes, they have webbed feet with four toes.
The Great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) is the species which occurs in Zimbabwe.
