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Photo by Theo Mamais
Lake Kerkini, Greece, January 1998

Pelecanus crispus

[edit] Identification

170cm

• Curly nape feathers
• Grey white plumage
• Yellow to purple bare skin around eyes
• Orange-red gular pouch when breeding starts; becomes yellow later.
• Grey legs
• Red lower mandible in breeding season

Photo by ody
Lake Vegoritis,North Greece, February 2008

[edit] Distribution

Breeds southern Eurasia; winters to India

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

[edit] Habitat

Shallow lakes, coastal lagoons, river deltas and swamps.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

It is a colony breeder, nesting on floating piles of vegetation in reedbeds.

[edit] Diet

Juvenile
Photo by crs
Danube Delta, Romania, October 2011

The diet includes fish.

[edit] Vocalisation

Calls: Hissing and grunting.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Wikipedia
3. BirdLife International

• List of references

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