🌿Native Nature

American White Pelican

Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia ›Phylum: Chordata ›Class: Aves ›Order: Pelecaniformes ›Family: Pelecanidae ›Genus: Pelecanus

About

The American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) is a large aquatic soaring bird from the order Pelecaniformes. It breeds in interior North America, moving south and to the coasts, as far as Central America and South America, in winter.