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Pink-Backed Pelican

pelecanus rufescens

The Pink-Backed Pelican is a large and graceful bird known for its beautiful pinkish feathers on its back. These pelicans love to glide over water and can often be seen fishing with their big beaks!

Lebensraum: They live in freshwater lakes, rivers, and coastal areas in Africa and parts of Asia.

Aussehen

The Pink-Backed Pelican is a large waterbird, predominantly greyish-white with a distinctive pale pinkish wash on its back, especially noticeable in breeding season. It has a large, flattened bill featuring a vibrant yellow-orange throat pouch and a shaggy crest on its nape.

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Pink-Backed Pelican

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Pelican chicks stick their heads deep into their parents' throats to grab their fishy meals!

Pink-Backed Pelicans have special glands that remove salt from saltwater, so they can drink it!

Their 'pink back' gets much brighter during mating season, a flashy display of health!

These pelicans build their large nests high in trees, often near water, creating huge colonies!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Pink-Backed Pelicans have an expandable throat pouch that helps them scoop up fish like a net.

Pink-Backed Pelicans can use warm air currents to soar effortlessly for long distances, saving energy.

Pink-Backed Pelicans often fish cooperatively, herding fish together to catch more efficiently.

Pink-Backed Pelicans have special oil-coated feathers that help them stay dry and buoyant in water.

Maße und Details

Länge: 125-155 cm
Flügelspannweite: 215-290 cm
Gewicht: 4-7 kg
Lebenserwartung: 15-25 Jahre
Top Speed: 50 km/h
Gelegegröße: 2-3
Brutzeit: 30-36 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

These expert fishers primarily eat fish, using their large pouches to scoop them from the water.

Hauptnahrung

Tilapia
Cichlids
Catfish

Nahrungssuche

Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Nile Crocodile

Crocodylus niloticus

Eggs and chicks are prey.

eaten by

African Fish Eagle

Haliaeetus vocifer

Predates on young pelicans.

hunts

Nile Tilapia

Oreochromis niloticus

Primary food source.

shelters

Nile Acacia

Acacia nilotica

Nests built in branches.

Merkmale

Sozial

Soziale Tiere leben in organisierten Gruppen und kooperieren, um ihr Überleben zu sichern, beispielsweise bei der Nahrungssuche, Verteidigung und Aufzucht der Jungen.