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Pelicans
Order:
Pelecaniformes
Family: Pelecanidae
8 species
Lakes and coastal regions worldwide
Long bill with terminal hook; extensive unfeathered, expandable gular pouch, flexible lower mandible; nostrils absent; one species brown others white with black in wings; travel long distances by soaring
Feed on fish either from the water surface or by diving from the air
Colonial; some are cooperative hunters; 2-3 egg clutches
