What is the pelican bird and what animal is the pelican

The pelican is a flock-loving bird, which likes to eat fish and move in groups.

Pelican (scientific name: Pelecanus): A collective name for 8 species of waterfowl in the genus Pelican.

It is about 150 cm long and has dense and short feathers that are white, peach, or light taupe. Some species are larger, with a wingspan of 3 meters wide, and can fly long distances at speeds of more than 40 kilometers per hour.

The mouth is more than 30 cm long, with a large skin sac formed by the connection between the lower mouth shell and **; The skin is free to retract. The tail feathers have yellow oil glands at the base that secrete a large amount of oil, which is used to coat the feathers, keep them smooth and soft, and keep them safe from water.

Pelican: A collective name for 8 species of waterfowl in the genus Pelican. It is about 150 cm long and has dense and short feathers that are white, peach, or light taupe.

Some species are larger, with a wingspan of 3 meters wide, and can fly long distances at speeds of more than 40 kilometers per hour. The mouth is more than 30 cm long, with a large skin sac formed by the connection between the lower mouth shell and **; The skin is free to retract.

The tail feathers have yellow oil glands at the base that secrete a large amount of oil, which is used to coat the feathers, keep them smooth and soft, and keep them safe from water.

The pronunciation of pelican bird is tí hú niǎo, the initials are t, h, n, the finals are í, úiǎo, and the tones are the second, second, and third tones.

Pelican is a general term for a class of waterbirds, their appearance is very recognizable, as long as you see a waterfowl with a long pointed beak and a huge throat sac, it must be a pelican, and the pelican bird, with a huge beak, can really be said to be anyone dare to provoke.

Habits:

The pelican is very large, with a wingspan of up to 3 meters, and a bag-like throat pouch in the lower jaw that can hold food, which is also the most special thing about the pelican. Pelicans often live in groups in the wild, in addition to swimming every day, most of the time pelicans are on the shore to bask in the sun or comb their feathers, it is very talented in fishing, whether it is swimming in the water or hovering in the air, you can clearly see the fish in the water.

If a school of pelicans finds a school of fish, they plan to outflank them, adopt a straight line or a semi-circle to drive the fish to the shallow place on the river bank, then open their mouths, move forward, and even swallow the fish with water, and then close their mouths, contract their throats, and squeeze the water out.

Pelican bird, pronounced tí hú niǎo. tí, the initial t, the vowel i, the second tone of the voice.

hú, the initial h, the vowel u, the tone of the second tone.

niǎo, the initial n, the vowel ao, the tone of the three tones.

Pelicans belong to the genus Pelicans, a large, fully webbed bird. The body is about two meters long, with white plumage, large wings, a long mouth, and a cortical sac under the mouth, which can be used to feed on fish. They like to live in groups and inhabit coastal lakes, marshes and rivers.

Habits:Pelicans, which often live in groups in the wild, spend most of their time on the shore basking in the sun or patiently grooming their feathers every day, except for swimming. Pelicans have a very sharp eye and are good at swimming and flying.

Even when flying at high altitudes, fish roaming in the water can't escape their eyes.

If a school of pelicans finds a school of fish, they will line up in a straight line or a semicircle to outflank the fish, drive the fish to the shallow place on the river bank, then open their mouths, move forward in the water, and even the fish with water has become its bag, and then close the mouth, contract the throat pouch to squeeze the water out, and the delicious fish will be swallowed into the stomach and have a good meal.

Features are different:Pelicans are about 150 centimeters long and have dense, short feathers all over their bodies, while cormorants are large waterfowl. The body length is 72-87 cm, and the weight is more than 2 kg.

It is black all over, with a purplish-green luster on the head and neck, bronze brilliance on the shoulders and wings, and yellow-green at the corners of the mouth and throat pouch.

The curly-feathered pelican inhabits lakes, rivers, and coastal waters, and likes to live in groups and swim, but it does not dive and is good at walking on land. The neck is often bent into an "S" shape and constricted at the shoulders. The chirping is low and hoarse, and it makes a hoarse hissing sound during the breeding period, feeding on fish, crustaceans, mollusks, amphibians, etc.

Reproduction of pelicans

The curly-feathered pelican is married to a male and a female. The breeding season is from April to June every year. Nest in trees near water. Each clutch lays 3-4 eggs, which are pale blue or greenish. The eggs are incubated by the parent birds in turn.

The little pelican that has just emerged from the eggshell has a gray-black body color, and soon gives birth to a light white fluff. The brooctors feed the chicks with semi-digested fish meat, and when the chicks grow up, they put their heads into the skin pouches of the open beaks of the brooders and peck at the small fish they bring back.

The main differences are that the subject classification, morphological characteristics, and habitat distribution are different, as follows:

1. The classification of subjects is different.

1. Pelicans. Pelican, alias gannet. It is an animal of the order Peliformes, Pelicanidae, and Pelicans.

2. Cormorant. Cormorant generally refers to the common cormorant, also known as the black fish herd, the water crow, and the osprey. It is an animal of the order Boobies, the Cormorant family, and the cormorant genus.

Second, the morphological characteristics are different.

1. Pelicans. The body length is about about meters, the wingspan can reach 3 meters, the weight can reach 13 kg, the mouth shape is wide and straight, the tip of the upper mouth is curved downward, and it is hooked; The lower mouth is divided into two branches, left and right, between which there is a huge and expandable **laryngeal pouch; The skin is formed by the connection between the lower mouth shell and the **, which can be freely retracted. The whole body has dense and short feathers, which are pink or light grayish-brown.

2. Cormorant. The body length is 72-87 cm, and the weight is more than 2 kg. The whole body is black, the head and neck have a purplish-green luster, the shoulders and wings have a bronze brilliance, the corners of the mouth and throat sac are yellowish-green, the lower part of the eyes is white, the face has red spots during breeding, the head and neck have white filamentous feathers, and the lower hypochondrium has white spots.

3. Different habitat distribution.

1. Pelicans. It inhabits mainly lakes, rivers, coastal and marshy areas, deserted islands, lagoons, and occasionally ponds and mangroves. Most of them are found in Asia, Europe, Africa, and Australia.

2. Cormorant. Inhabits rivers, lakes, ponds, reservoirs, estuaries, and their swampy areas. It also often rests on rocks or tree branches to dry its wings.

Wild cormorants usually inhabit rivers and lakes and marshes, and in summer they nest on rocky cliffs or tall trees near water, or in low marshes and lowlands. It is found in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and North America.

First, the appearance. 1. Cormorant: The beak is strong and long, cone-shaped, with a sharp hook at the apex, suitable for pecking fish, and there is a small sac in the lower throat.

Feet posterior, flattened, long hind toes, fully webbed. The head, neck, and crown of summer feathers are black with a purple-green metallic sheen, mixed with white filamentous feathers; upper body black; The shoulders, back and wings are coppery-brown with a metallic sheen.

2. Pelican: The whole body has dense and short feathers, and the feathers are white, peach-red or light gray-brown. The mouth shape is broad and straight, more than 30 cm long, and the tip of the upper mouth is curved downward, hook-shaped; The lower mouth is divided into two branches, left and right, and there is a huge **laryngeal pouch that can expand and contract; The skin is formed by the connection between the lower mouth shell and the **, which can be freely retracted.

2. Types. 1. Cormorant: There are 39 kinds of common sailskin, such as: long-tailed cormorant, European cormorant, blue-eyed cormorant, double-crowned cormorant, South American cormorant, etc.

2. Pelican: There are 8 species, such as: white pelican, pink-backed pelican, spot-billed pelican, curly-feathered pelican, Australian pelican, etc.

Third, the range of distribution.

1. Cormorant: distributed in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and North America. From the northeast coast of North America and western Greenland to Iceland, the Faroe Islands, the British Isles, Northern Europe, east to Sakhalin, Japan, and south to Central Europe, Africa, Eastern Europe, Turkey, Iran, India, New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand.

Breeding occurs in the northern part of the northern hemisphere and wintering in the southern part of the breeding grounds.

2. Pelican: Widely distributed in warm waters around the world, mostly in Asia, Europe, Africa, and Australia.