Brown Pelican (immature)
Adult Brown Pelicans are gray-brown birds with yellow heads and white necks. In breeding plumage, the back and sides of the neck turn a rich, dark reddish-brown. Immatures are gray-brown above (including the head and neck) with pale whitish belly and breast.
The brown pelican is a bird of the pelican family, Pelecanidae, one of three species found in the Americas and one of two that feed by diving into water. It is found on the Atlantic Coast from New Jersey to the mouth of the Amazon River, and along the Pacific Coast from British Columbia to northern Chile, including the Galapagos Islands.
Similar species: Pelicans, Herons, Ibises
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Uploaded Sep 16, 2014. Captured Feb 1, 2013 16:14 in US1/Broward B, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301, USA.
