The Pelicans Class
The pelican is a bird one of the many birds that are from the group of water birds. The pelican is widely known among people because it has such a huge bill and also has a pouched throat. The pelicans name comes from the scientific name called the Pelecanus which is the genus that the bird is in. The pelican’s kingdom and phylum are Animalia and the Chordata. The pelican is derived from the class of Aves which is the class from what all birds are from.
Information about the Pelican
The pelican is a very unique bird because it’s a rather large bird and has an enormous beak which the curved end of it serves as a pouch for catch or for water. The male pelican has a larger and more perturbing bill than the female pelican. The pelican has air sacs like most birds so that it is able to fly at high altitudes and breathe and it’s also serves as a cushion for the bird so that when its sits on the surface of the water it will have the ability to float in the water. The pelican hunts mostly small fish and other small sea creatures and sometimes but rarely other birds. They can also fly up to 35 miles per hour while in full flight which is pretty fast for a bird its size.
The Pelicans Habitat
The Pelican habitat is mainly in warm regions where the climate is never cold. Pelicans live by the ocean mainly because they feed off of fish in the ocean which is why having such long bills is necessary. Pelicans do nest inland mainly on trees but if not trees are available they nest on the ground mainly on marshes so they are close to the water and are able to support their young by catching fish and keeping it in there bill so that when they have to feed the younglings the mother pelican will open its bill and allow the youn...
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