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American White Pelican:
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
ith a wingspan as great as nine and a half
feet, the American White Pelican is one of North
America's largest birds. In flight, white pelicans
have a graceful strong flight and usually fly in
large flocks high in the air and in a V formation.
Adults are a distinctive white with black wing tips.
The bill, legs and toes are reddish-orange or pink.
Unlike the brown pelican, which is found yearround in Florida, and non-breeding white pelican
juveniles, healthy adult white pelicans are winter
visitors to the state. They are truly our snowbirds.
In the summer, white peli