Pelican
noun
A large bird that catches fish with its long beak.
I saw a pelican dive into the sea to catch a fish.
Often appears as...
- white pelican
- american pelican
noun
A large bird that catches fish with its long beak.
I saw a pelican dive into the sea to catch a fish.
Often appears as...
- white pelican
- american pelican
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Bird Species
Pelicans are not just any birds; they're a specific family known for their large bills and throat pouch.
During our trip to the lake, we observed different bird species including several pelicans.
Pro Tip 2/3Bill and Pouch
Pelicans use their unique bill and pouch to scoop up fish, not to pierce like some predatory birds.
The pelican scooped up water and fish into its pouch before filtering out the water.
Pro Tip 3/3Fish Diet
Pelicans primarily eat fish, which is central to understanding their behavior and habitat.
You'll often find pelicans near water bodies hunting for their main diet, fish.
Pro Tip 1/3Bird Species
Pelicans are not just any birds; they're a specific family known for their large bills and throat pouch.
During our trip to the lake, we observed different bird species including several pelicans.
Pro Tip 2/3Bill and Pouch
Pelicans use their unique bill and pouch to scoop up fish, not to pierce like some predatory birds.
The pelican scooped up water and fish into its pouch before filtering out the water.
Pro Tip 3/3Fish Diet
Pelicans primarily eat fish, which is central to understanding their behavior and habitat.
You'll often find pelicans near water bodies hunting for their main diet, fish.
Pro Tip 1/3Bird Species
Pelicans are not just any birds; they're a specific family known for their large bills and throat pouch.
During our trip to the lake, we observed different bird species including several pelicans.
Pro Tip 2/3Bill and Pouch
Pelicans use their unique bill and pouch to scoop up fish, not to pierce like some predatory birds.
The pelican scooped up water and fish into its pouch before filtering out the water.
Pro Tip 3/3Fish Diet
Pelicans primarily eat fish, which is central to understanding their behavior and habitat.
You'll often find pelicans near water bodies hunting for their main diet, fish.
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Video examples
Relocated Gulf Pelicans...
vital habitat for Coast wildlife including the largest block of endangered whooping cranes living in the wild the rescued pelicans from this late june release appeared to be adapting one of the things you look for for animals or for wildlife is do they go out there
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Penguins vs. Pelicans PIPE...
Penguins pick off anchovies from the leaks of these pelicans sitting ducks in front of them only when the pelicans back off on their gluttony and let go of some of their cash can they surface and enjoy the bounty and their peace leaving
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Safari Live - Day 134 PIPE...
quickly just to kind of make sure and see what it was and interestingly enough it is a pelican so the great white pelican is the largest migratory bird apparently in the world which is pretty interesting it has a wingspan of over
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In the Same Boat PIPE Port...
getting Curly's vessel the little Pelican ready to go halibut fishing my boat is one of the most important things that I own basically this boat feeds me halibut is a major source of protein here without
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12 truths I learned from...
paper, pencils and brads -- for those of you who have gotten a little less young and remember brads -- and he said to my brother, "Just take it bird by bird, buddy. Just read about pelicans
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Why Are These Fish...
This is the moment the pelicans have been waiting for. Slightly deeper water means they can get their bills underneath to scoop out their victims.
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
this is the moment the pelicans have been waiting for slightly deeper water means they can get their bills underneath to scoop out their victims
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Aquatic Animals Take To...
wriggle back to sea this is the moment the pelicans have been waiting for slightly deeper water means they can get
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Sea Lion Team Hunts in...
they run the fish aground in the shallows the pelicans are the first to cash in
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200 Hippos Cause Mayhem...
pelicans arrive in their thousands
Video examples
Relocated Gulf Pelicans...
vital habitat for Coast wildlife including the largest block of endangered whooping cranes living in the wild the rescued pelicans from this late june release appeared to be adapting one of the things you look for for animals or for wildlife is do they go out there
Video examples
Penguins vs. Pelicans PIPE...
Penguins pick off anchovies from the leaks of these pelicans sitting ducks in front of them only when the pelicans back off on their gluttony and let go of some of their cash can they surface and enjoy the bounty and their peace leaving
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 134 PIPE...
quickly just to kind of make sure and see what it was and interestingly enough it is a pelican so the great white pelican is the largest migratory bird apparently in the world which is pretty interesting it has a wingspan of over
Video examples
In the Same Boat PIPE Port...
getting Curly's vessel the little Pelican ready to go halibut fishing my boat is one of the most important things that I own basically this boat feeds me halibut is a major source of protein here without
Video examples
12 truths I learned from...
paper, pencils and brads -- for those of you who have gotten a little less young and remember brads -- and he said to my brother, "Just take it bird by bird, buddy. Just read about pelicans
Video examples
Why Are These Fish...
This is the moment the pelicans have been waiting for. Slightly deeper water means they can get their bills underneath to scoop out their victims.
Video examples
BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
this is the moment the pelicans have been waiting for slightly deeper water means they can get their bills underneath to scoop out their victims
Video examples
Aquatic Animals Take To...
wriggle back to sea this is the moment the pelicans have been waiting for slightly deeper water means they can get
Video examples
Sea Lion Team Hunts in...
they run the fish aground in the shallows the pelicans are the first to cash in
Video examples
200 Hippos Cause Mayhem...
pelicans arrive in their thousands
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Jada Pinkett Smith
American Actress
I like a lot of metal music. So that's really what I listen to a lot. Or I listen to a lot of kind of off the cuff, like I love artists like Santigold, or Gold Frapp. Yeah. Pelican. Yeah.
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Bjarke Ingels
Danish Architect
St. Petersburg is a wonderful city. You have wonderful parks, birds singing in the trees, manatees in the water, pelicans. So it's like this little paradise on Earth.
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Jada Pinkett Smith
American Actress
I like a lot of metal music. So that's really what I listen to a lot. Or I listen to a lot of kind of off the cuff, like I love artists like Santigold, or Gold Frapp. Yeah. Pelican. Yeah.
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Bjarke Ingels
Danish Architect
St. Petersburg is a wonderful city. You have wonderful parks, birds singing in the trees, manatees in the water, pelicans. So it's like this little paradise on Earth.
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