Pelicans, Cormorants, Gannets

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Category Description:

The scientific order of Pelecaniformes is composed of medium-sized and large waterbirds with all four toes webbed. It includes pelicans, gannets and boobies, cormorants and shags, frigatebirds, tropicbirds, and darters.

  • Bird Sightings: Hebrides: Northern Gannet  - Photographs, list of alternative names, description and facts, and interesting details like their reputation as collectors, spectacular dives, and harvesting as a a local delicacy.
  • Birds Australia: Darter  - Description of the Darter, Anhinga melanogaster, similar species, Australian distribution map, life history, and its interaction with man.
  • National Geographic: Blue-Footed Booby  - Short article on the Blue-footed Booby, scientific name, Sula Nebouxii, plus a photograph, range map and basic facts.
  • Nature Stuff: Darters  - Australian guide to darters or snake birds, with photographs and facts about their behaviour.
  • NZ Birds: Kawau, the Black Shag  - Description, the role of cormorants and shags in history, and illustrations featuring the birds.
  • The Pelican Project  - Information on the Brown Pelican in California, and other seabirds. Includes rescue information,a Q and A, and pelican links.
  • Pelicans on Parade  - Archive of a joint venture between the Acadiana Arts Council and the Lafayette Parish School System. Includes photographs of the pelican sculptures created and how the project worked.
  • Pelicans on Parade, Klamath Falls, Oregon  - Painted pelican sculpture project. Includes information on the fund raising auction, and the artists involved.
  • Pelicans, Pelecanidae  - Introduces the species of pelicans spotted, with photographs and cited literature.
  • Petersen Field Guides: Brown Pelican  - Guide to identification, range map and life history.
  • RSPB: Boobies and Gannets  - Basic description of the family, and detailed information on the gannet, the only member of the family regularly seen in the UK.
  • Theme Birds on Stamps: Pelicans  - Collection of stamps showing the Dalmatian Pelican, Pelecanus crispus, and pages on other pelicans including the Australian, Pink-backed, Aerican White, Great White, Brown and Spot-billed pelicans.
  • Worldwide Ornithological Travels: Pelicans  - Gallery of pelican photographs from the author's travels. In French and English.
 
 
 
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