The American White Pelican is a large aquatic bird from the order Pelecaniformes. It breeds in interior North America, moving south and to the coasts, as far as Central America, in winter.
The scientific name means "red-billed pelican", from the Latin term for a pelican, ''Pelecanus'', and ''erythrorhynchos'', derived from the Ancient Greek words ''erythros'' + ''rhynchos'' .
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