Australian Pelican

Australian Pelicans follow no particular schedule of regular movement, simply following the availability of food supplies.

They occur mostly in warm regions, though breeding ranges reach 45° south (Australian Pelican, P. conspicillatus) and 60° North (American White Pelicans, P. erythrorhynchos, in western Canada).

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The pelvis is broader and more robust than the modern Australian pelican and so is regarded as a distinct species. The skeleton found at Poukawa is 3500-4500 years old.

2. Plunge-diving, used almost exclusively by the American Brown Pelican, but only rarely by white pelicans like the Peruvian Pelican of the western South American coast, or the Australian Pelican.

See also: Pelican, Pigeon, Purple, Swift, Gannet