Spot-billed_pelican
The spot-billed pelican (Pelecanus philippensis) belongs to the family Pelecanidae. The Spot-billed pelican species is distributed in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia.
The IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) has categorized and evaluated these pelican species and has listed them as "Near Threatened"
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.
