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<tr><th align="center" bgcolor=pink>'''Brown pelican'''</th></tr> | |||
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<tr><th align="center" bgcolor=pink>'''[[Scientific classification]]'''</th></tr> | |||
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<td>[[Kingdom (biology)|Kingdom]]: </td><td>[[Animal]]ia </td></tr> | |||
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<td>[[Phylum (biology)|Phylum]]: </td><td>[[Chordate|Chordata]] </td></tr> | |||
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<td>[[Class (biology)|Class]]: </td><td>[[bird|Aves]] </td></tr> | |||
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<td>[[Order (biology)|Order]]: </td><td>[[Pelican|Pelecaniformes]] </td></tr> | |||
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<td>[[Family (biology)|Family]]: </td><td>[[Pelecanidae]] </td></tr> | |||
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<td>[[Genus]]: </td><td>''[[Pelecanus]]'' </td></tr> | |||
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<td>'''[[Species]]:''' </td><td>'''''occidentalis''''' </td></tr> | |||
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<tr><th align="center" bgcolor="pink">'''[[Binomial nomenclature|Binomial name]]'''</th></tr> | |||
<tr><th align="center">'' Pelecanus occidentalis ''</th></tr> | |||
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[[ | The '''Brown pelican''' (''Pelecanus occidentalis'' <small>†</small>) is the smallest (42"-54") member of the [[pelican]] family. | ||
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Lives strictly on coasts from [[Washington]] and [[Cape Cod]] to the mouth of the [[Amazon]]. | |||
Distinguished from the [[American white pelican]] by its brown body and its habit of diving for [[fish]] from the air, as opposed to [[cooperative fishing]]. Dines mostly on [[herring]]-like fish. | |||
Pesticides like [[DDT]] and [[dieldrin]] threated its future in the southwest [[United States]] and [[California]] in the early [[1970s]]. | |||
The state bird of [[Louisiana]]. | |||
Protected by the [[Migratory Bird Treaty]] of [[1972]]. | |||
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†<small> ''Pelecanus'': Latin for pelican; ''occidentalis'': Latin meaning ''western''.</small> | |||
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The Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis †) is the smallest (42"-54") member of the pelican family.
Lives strictly on coasts from Washington and Cape Cod to the mouth of the Amazon.
Distinguished from the American white pelican by its brown body and its habit of diving for fish from the air, as opposed to cooperative fishing. Dines mostly on herring-like fish.
Pesticides like DDT and dieldrin threated its future in the southwest United States and California in the early 1970s. The state bird of Louisiana.
Protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty of 1972.
† Pelecanus: Latin for pelican; occidentalis: Latin meaning western.