Brown Pelican

PelecaniformesPelecanidaeLeast Concern

OrderPelecaniformes

FamilyPelecanidae

HabitatCoasts

RangeAmericas

Length120 cm

Wingspan210 cm

Weight3500 g

DietPiscivore

About the Brown Pelican

The only pelican that dives from the air for fish, folding its wings like a cormorant. The pouch holds up to 11 liters, three times the stomach volume. Recovered strongly after DDT thinned eggshells. The state bird of Louisiana.

Related Species

American White Pelican

PelecaniformesNorth America

One of the heaviest flying birds in North America at nearly 10 kg. Fishes cooperatively, h...

160cm · 9000g · Least Concern