Pink-backed pelican

Makena Jocelyn Ethan

Period 3

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Classification

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Pelecaniformes

Family: Pelican

Binomial Name: Pelecanus Rufescens

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 Body Facts

● long bills
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● light pink back
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● dark grey wingtips

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 Distribution

South-West
Saudi Arabia
Sub-Saharan
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Africa

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Habitat

● shallow water
● constantly moving
● fresh water

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 Diet

● small birds, small

amphibians, or small
fish

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Food Web

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 Competition

● servals
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● live in same area
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● eat same food

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Evolutionary History

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 Pink-Backed pelican Feeding

● feeding on small fish

● fishing in shallow
waters

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Adaptation #1
● short strong legs
● totipalmate feet

● Strong swimmers

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Adaptation #2

● have specialized breast

muscles
● help it fly over far distances
● Forage up to 100 miles

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Adaptation #3
● Can’t just fly away
● Takes time to fly off
● Does multiple steps before take off

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Adaptation #4
● Large bill
● Don’t store fish
● Drain out water

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Adaptation #5
● Waterproof feathers
● Oil = waterproof
● Oil goes on to the feathers

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 Reproduction #1

● The pink-backed pelican is oviparous

● The bird usually lays between 2-3 eggs
● Both sexes contribute to incubation
● Incubation lasts about 30 days

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● Gular helps with feeding chicks

● Back becomes more vivid
● Both sexes can incubate chicks

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● they stay in large groups

● they normally reuse the same nest
● they breed all year-round
● build their nest in trees around
wetlands

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● Chicks are born from large egg

● Biggest is the only chick that survives
● Chicks learn to fly between 10 - 12 weeks
● Sexual maturity is reached at 3-4 years

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● Are naturally extremely aggressive
● Chicks are violent to parents and siblings
● Most chick deaths are due to siblings

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