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Also Known As Pelecanidae

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Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) standing on a painted surface with blue water and distant shoreline in the background in Jamaica.
white pelican
Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) with wings spread wide, lifting off from the surface of a lagoon at Fort De Soto Park, Florida.
white pelican
Three American white pelicans, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, stand on a rock by water with a stone wall and greenery in the background.
Three eastern white pelicans with black-tipped wings take off from a muddy shoreline, wings outstretched, with blurred green vegetation in the background.
Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010: oiled pelican
Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010: wildlife
Australian pelican
pelicans in the Danube delta
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