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Pelecanus onocrotalus
Diet
Vertebrates and carrion
Habitat
Swamps and shallow lakes
Size
140–180cm; wingspan 226–360cm
The great white pelican, also called the eastern white pelican or rosy pelican, is a huge bird, 140–180 cm long with an enormous pink and yellow bill of about 29–47 cm and a dull pale-yellow gular pouch. The wingspan is 226–360 cm, the highest among living flying animals outside the great albatrosses. Only the Dalmatian pelican is, on average, larger among pelicans (Wikipedia, general species account).
It breeds from south-eastern Europe through Asia and Africa in swamps and shallow lakes (Wikipedia, general species account).