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Name |
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Great White Pelican |
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Scientific Name |
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Pelecanus onocrotalus |
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Size |
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Safed Hawasil (175 cms) |
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Habitat |
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Jheels and lagoons |
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Identification |
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Slight Crest, white or rose tinged massive bird |
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Status |
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Migratory |
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Distribution |
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Partly Winter Visitor |
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Food |
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Almost exclusively fish |
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Nest |
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February-April, Bed of feathers on ground |
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Eggs |
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2, Ivory White |
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Least concern |
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Wetland |
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Uncommon |
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Mainly seen in National Chambal Sanctuary and Madhav National Park, Bhind, Morena, Shivpuri |
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