Burung laut (Seabirds)
Dalmatian Pelican
Pelecanus crispus
- legendaris
- 92 km/h
- Hampir terancam
The world's largest freshwater bird, with a 10-foot wingspan and a curly mullet. Your message arrives on a flying barge.
- Populasi
- ~11,400-13,400 mature individuals (est. 5,700-9,000 breeding pairs), decreasing
- Habitat
- Large inland freshwater wetlands -- lakes, rivers, deltas, floodplains -- as well as coastal lagoons and estuaries; breeds on islands within lakes and in dense reedbeds
- Fakta menarik
- The Dalmatian Pelican has the largest average wingspan of any pelican species and the second-longest bill of any living bird (after the Australian Pelican).
- Sebaran
- Breeds discontinuously from the eastern Mediterranean and southeast Europe (Greece, Albania, Montenegro, Romania, Bulgaria) across Turkey, Russia, and Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan) to Mongolia; winters south to Iran, Iraq, the Indian subcontinent, and coastal China
- Makanan
- Almost exclusively fish (carp, pike, perch, eels, gobies), typically 1.2-1.5 kg per day, caught by surface-scooping alone or in cooperative groups
- Ukuran
- 1,7 m
- Bentang sayap
- 2,95 m
- Masa hidup
- 20 tahun
