
The spot-billed pelican or grey pelican, is a member of the pelican family. It breeds in southern Asia from southern Pakistan across India east to Indonesia. It is a bird of large inland and coastal waters, especially large lakes. At a distance they are difficult to differentiate from other pelicans in the region although it is smaller but at close range the spots on the upper mandible, the lack of bright colours and the greyer plumage are distinctive.
Similar species: Pelicans, Herons, Ibises
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Uploaded Mar 13, 2015. Captured Feb 22, 2015 16:27 in Road to Car parking, Karnataka 571427, India.