NOUN | a (great) white pelican | (great) white pelicans | |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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- Petros was a great white pelican. It was the official mascot of the Greek island of Mykonos.
- The gulf of Aqaba hosts more than 390 bird species including migratory birds such as the greater flamingo, great white pelican and the pink-backed pelican.
- Some attractive species found in the waterfowl lake are the Australian pelican, great white pelican and radjah shelduck.
- A well-known attraction of the park was a great white pelican called "Katta-kun", so named after his parents who were from Kolkata, India.
- Zlatozar Boev has found a well-preserved skull of a Great white pelican "Pelecanus onocrotalus".
- In January 2016 the zoo released a great white pelican at Lake Kerkini, and on November of the same year the zoo released multiple wader species in Missolonghi–Aitoliko lagoon.
- In particularly rainy years the Etosha pan becomes a lake approximately 10 cm in depth and becomes a breeding ground for flamingos, which arrive in their thousands, and great white pelican ("Pelecanus onocrotalus").
- It shares its habitat with the great white pelican, which is generally larger and has white instead of greyish plumage.
- A large variety of bird species can be found here: little stint, ruff, pied avocet, common tern, greater flamingo, and great white pelican.
- It is an important bird habitat; it holds one of the largest populations of the Eurasian eagle-owl in the country, along with populations of the Dalmatian pelican and great white pelican.
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