spot-billed pelican
grey pelican
pelecanus philippensis latin

Spot-billed pelicans also come for refuge but are not nesting.

Notable among them are the spot-billed pelican and the Rufous babbler.

The Spot-billed Pelican is a relatively small pelican but still a large bird.

Kokrebellur, in particular, has the distinction of increasing its Spot-billed Pelican population by more than double in recent years.

The Spot-billed Pelican is not migratory but are known to make local movements and are more widely distributed in the non-breeding season.

Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary is one of the best breeding grounds for Spot-billed Pelican in the country.

The Spot-billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis) is a member of the pelican family.

Suchindram is noted for the wide variety of migratory waterbirds that winter there, including: near threatened painted stork and spot-billed pelicans.

The Greater Adjutant breeds during winter in colonies that may include other large waterbirds such as the Spot-billed Pelican.

The migrant Great White Pelican and resident Spot-billed Pelican are also have been recorded.

In Kokrebellur, the birds nest within the trees in the village forming mixed nesting colonies with the Spot-billed Pelican.

Large water birds such as Spot-billed Pelican and Lesser Adjutant visit the Kaudulla tank.

Spot-billed pelicans fly with fully laden beaks 40 km inland to the huge pelicanry at Nelapattu where 1,500 birds gather to raise their young.

Spot-billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis)

Due to habitat loss and human disturbance, the Spot-billed Pelican's numbers have declined and many populations in Southeast Asia are now extinct.

Spot-billed Pelican, Asian Openbill and Woolly-necked Stork are also recorded visiting the wetland.

The lake was an important habitat for an estimated 20 million resident and migratory birds, including the Grey or Spot-billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis).

The Spot-billed Pelican of Asia is slightly smaller than the Great White, with clear brownish-grey plumage and a paler, duller-colored bill.

In the late 19th century, the Spot-billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis) nested in huge numbers in south Burma.

The Lesser Adjutant, Spot-billed Pelican and Red-faced Malkoha are some of the park's resident birds.

The Minneriya reservoir is an important habitat for large water birds such as Lesser Adjutant, Painted Stork, and Spot-billed Pelican.

A total of 187 birds have been recorded here, including the oriental darter, spot-billed pelican, black-headed ibis, glossy ibis, greater spotted eagle and Asian golden weaver.

These waterbirds include threatened species as Spot-billed Pelican, Nordmann's Greenshank, Spoonbill Sandpiper and Black-necked Stork.

Large water birds such as Grey Heron, Black-headed Ibis, Asian Openbill, Painted Stork, and Spot-billed Pelican are inhabit here.

The Spot-billed Pelican has an estimated population between 13,000 and 18,000 and is considered to be Near Threatened in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

The sanctuary is also a breeding ground for rare and endangered species like grey pelicans, little cormorants, open bill storks and spoon bills.

The Spot-billed Pelican or Grey Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis) is a member of the pelican family.

The state government owns and maintains a Haryana Tourism guest house, Grey Pelican on the banks of the river Yamuna, close to river's exit from the hills.

Other species include pink flamingos, white pelicans, grey pelicans, royal terns, gull-billed terns, black terns, white-breasted cormorants, spoonbills and several species of herons, egrets and waders.

Pulicat Lake near Sullurpeta, 75-80 km from Nellore, is a habitat for a variety of aquatic & terrestrial birds like flamingoes, painted storks, grey pelicans and seagulls and much more.

Some of the common migratory birds found here are Grey Pelican, Painted Stork, Ibis, Cormorant, Egret, etc. which nest on trees in the islands present in the lake.

The resident birds include Grey pelicans, Asian Open-billed Storks (Anastomus oscitans), Painted Storks (Mycteria leucocephala), Glossy Ibises, White Ibises, Teals, Pintails, Shovellers.

The park's diverse aquatic avifauna includes Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala, White-bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster, Grey Pelican Pelecanus philippensis, Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo , and Little Cormorant P. niger.

The main destination is the twin bird sanctuaries - Pulicat and Nelapattu, where one can sight flamingos, grey pelicans, open billed storks, painted storks, white ibis, coots, black winged stilts, cormorants, egrets, herons, garganey teals, pin-tailed ducks, dabchicks and Indian moorhen.

The long sea coast provides the nesting ground for sea turtles, the back water of Pulicat lake are the feeding grounds for Flamingo & Grey Pelican, the estuaries of river Godavari and Krishna support rich mangrove forests with Fishing Cat and Otters as key stone species.

The Spot-billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis) is a member of the pelican family.

"The breeding of the Grey or Spottedbilled Pelican Pelecanus philippensis (Gmelin)".

Spot-billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis)

The lake was an important habitat for an estimated 20 million resident and migratory birds, including the Grey or Spot-billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis).

In the late 19th century, the Spot-billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis) nested in huge numbers in south Burma.

Painted Storks Mycteria leucocephala, Spot-billed Pelicans Pelecanus philippensis, Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus and other birds nest here as it is located near Uppalapadu sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India.

The park's diverse aquatic avifauna includes Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala, White-bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster, Grey Pelican Pelecanus philippensis, Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo , and Little Cormorant P. niger.

The reservoirs harbors several species of bird flocks including Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster, Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis, Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans, Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus, and Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia.

Kokkare Bellur Pelicanry: This is located in the town of Kokkare Bellur in Mandya district and is a haven for avian species like Grey or Spot-billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis) and Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala).