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The brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) is a small pelican found in the Americas. It is one of the best known and most prominent birds found in the coastal areas of the southern and western United States. It is one of only three pelican species found in the Western Hemisphere. The brown pelican is one of the only two pelican species which feeds by diving into the water.
The brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), also known as the brown pelican or - more rarely - the sea pelican, is a large water bird that is native to the coasts of North, Central and South America and belongs to the pelican family (Pelecanidae).
Brown pelicans are excellent swimmers, but their walk on land seems awkward. Their long wings make brown pelicans extremely persistent and graceful flyers, and groups of brown pelicans are often seen flying in formations just above the water surface.
Of a total of eight species of pelicans, the brown pelican, together with the Chilean pelican (P. thagus), which is closely related to it, is the only one that dives into the water to catch fish. In addition, both species are also the only pelicans that live exclusively in marine waters and have predominantly dark plumage.
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Christiane W. Schulze was born in Dortmund / Germany
From 2003 - 2007 she studied Art.
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