American White Pelican American White Pelican -- Oregon Shore Birds

Location in Oregon
Blue is Winter range - Red is Summer range
Purple is Year-round range - Yellow is Migration range

American White Pelican range

American White Pelican

Pelecanus erythorhynchos - Locally common in breeding colonies of several hundred pairs on west coast and also on lakes. Fishes by wading or swimming in shallows, often in flocks, scooping up fish with its large bill. Does not dive. Some non-breeding birds spend the summer at their wintering grounds. Flight is an alternation of flapping and gliding.

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