Great white pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus) in flight. This bird, also known as the eastern white pelican, lives in large colonies in Africa and Eura

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Great white pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus) in flight. This bird, also known as the eastern white pelican, lives in large colonies in Africa and Eurasia. It feeds almost exclusively on fish which it catches by plunging its large bill into the water. It may reach a length of up to 180 centimetres, with a wingspan of almost four metres. Photographed in the Paarl Bird Sanctuary, South Africa.

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