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, […]
Category: Pelecaniformes
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 […]
Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)
[order] Pelecaniformes | [family] Anhingidae | [latin] Anhinga anhinga | [UK] Anhinga | [FR] Anhinga d’Amerique | [DE] Amerikanischer Schlangenhalsvogel | [ES] Anhinga Americana | [IT] Aninga americana | [NL] Amerikaanse Slangenhalsvogel Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Cathartes anhinga Anhinga anhinga Anhinga anhinga Anhinga anhinga NA, LA Anhinga […]
Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster)
[order] Pelecaniformes | [family] Sulidae | [latin] Sula leucogaster | [UK] Brown Booby | [FR] Fou brun | [DE] Weissbauchtolpel | [ES] Piquero Pardo | [IT] Sula fosca | [NL] Bruine Gent Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Microcarbo leucogaster Sula leucogaster Sula leucogaster TrO widespread Sula leucogaster brewsteri […]
Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
[order] Pelecaniformes | [family] Pelecanidae | [latin] Pelecanus occidentalis | [UK] Brown Pelican | [FR] Pelican brun | [DE] Braunpelikan | [ES] Pelicano Pardo | [IT] Pellicano bruno | [NL] Bruine Pelikaan Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Pelecanus occidentalis NA, LA coasts, Caribbean Pelecanus occidentalis californicus coasts of […]
Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
[order] Pelecaniformes | [family] Fregatidae | [latin] Fregata magnificens | [UK] Magnificent Frigatebird | [FR] Fregate superbe | [DE] Prachtfregattvogel | [ES] Rabihorcado Magnifico | [IT] Fregata magnifica | [NL] Amerikaanse Fregatvogel Subspecies Monotypic species Physical charateristics Black with very long, narrow, pointed wings, deeply forked tail, and long hooked bill. Male has brilliant red […]