Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor) Science Article 1 abstract The adaptive significance of distinctive immature plumages and protracted sexual and plumage maturation in birds remains controversial. This study aimed to establish the pattern of plumage maturation and the age at first breeding in the Great Frigatebird Fregata minor in the Galapagos Islands. We found that Great […]
Category: Pelecaniformes
BROWN PELICAN FORAGING SUCCESS AND KLEPTOPARASITISM BY LAUGHING GULLS
Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) Science Article 1 abstract Previous studies have shown age-related differences in feeding success for a number of bird species, particularly those found in marine environments. We compared the foraging success of adult and immature Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) feeding along the Playa Miramar northwest of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico. On many of […]
South Georgia Diving-petrel (Pelecanoides georgicus)
[order] PROCELLARIIFORMES | [family] Pelecanoididae | [latin] Pelecanoides georgicus | [authority] Murphy and Harper, 1916 | [UK] South Georgia Diving-petrel | [FR] Puffinure de Georgie du Sud | [DE] Breitschnabel-Lummensturmvogel | [ES] Potoyunco de Georgia | [NL] Zuidgeorgische Alkstormvogeltj Subspecies Monotypic species Genus The genus Pelecanoides is a peculiar group of small petrels form the […]
Peruvian Diving-petrel (Pelecanoides garnotii)
[order] PROCELLARIIFORMES | [family] Pelecanoididae | [latin] Pelecanoides garnotii | [authority] Lesson, 1828 | [UK] Peruvian Diving-petrel | [FR] Puffinure de Garnot | [DE] Garnot-Lummensturmvogel | [ES] Potoyunco Peruano | [NL] Chileens Alkstormvogeltje Subspecies Monotypic species Genus The genus Pelecanoides is a peculiar group of small petrels form the Southern Hemisphere. In appearance and superficially […]
Magellanic Diving-petrel (Pelecanoides magellani)
[order] PROCELLARIIFORMES | [family] Pelecanoididae | [latin] Pelecanoides magellani | [authority] Mathews, 1912 | [UK] Magellanic Diving-petrel | [FR] Puffinure de Magellan | [DE] Magellan-Lummensturmvogel | [ES] Potoyunco Magallanico | [NL] Magelhaenalkstormvogeltje Subspecies Monotypic species Genus The genus Pelecanoides is a peculiar group of small petrels form the Southern Hemisphere. In appearance and superficially similar […]
Common Diving-petrel (Pelecanoides urinatrix)
[order] PROCELLARIIFORMES | [family] Pelecanoididae | [latin] Pelecanoides urinatrix | [authority] Gmelin, 1789 | [UK] Common Diving-petrel | [FR] Puffinure plongeur | [DE] Lummensturmvogel | [ES] Potoyunco Comun | [NL] Alkstormvogeltje Subspecies Monotypic species Genus The genus Pelecanoides is a peculiar group of small petrels form the Southern Hemisphere. In appearance and superficially similar tot […]
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
[order] PELECANIFORMES | [family] Pelecanidae | [latin] Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | [UK] American White Pelican | [FR] Pelican d’Amerique | [DE] Nashornpelikan | [ES] Pelicano Norteamericano | [NL] Witte Pelikaan Subspecies Monotypic species Physical charateristics Huge (wingspread 8endash 9 1/2 feet). White, with black primaries and a great orange-yellow bill. Adults in breeding plumage have a […]
Spectacled Cormorant (Phalacrocorax perspicillatus)
The story One member of this order, the Spectacled Cormorant, can confidently be listed as extinct, but there is one other rather mysterious form that may be. This is a bird known as Kenyon’s Shag (Phalacrocorax kenyoni). It is identified from just three specimens from Amchitka Island, in the Aleutian Archipelago of the north Pacific, […]
Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus)
[order] PELECANIFORMES | [family] Pelecanidae | [latin] Pelecanus crispus | [UK] Dalmatian Pelican | [FR] Pelican frise | [DE] Krauskopf-Pelikan | [ES] Pelicano cenudo | [NL] Kroeskoppelikaan Subspecies Monotypic species Physical charateristics Huge, whitish waterbird. Silvery-white breeding plumage. Yellow to purple bare skin around eyes. Orange-red gular pouch at onset of breeding becoming yellow later. […]
Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
[order] PELECANIFORMES | [family] Pelecanidae | [latin] Pelecanus onocrotalus | [UK] Great White Pelican | [FR] Pelican blanc | [DE] Rosapelikan | [ES] Pelicano vulgar | [NL] Subspecies Monotypic species Physical charateristics At distance on water or ground, difficult to separate from other west Palearctic pelicans, but, in flight, adult distinguished from Dalmatian and Pink-backed […]