Pelicans
Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Pelecanidae /See Pelican
Pelicans are very large water birds with a distinctive pouch under the beak. Like other birds in the order Pelecaniformes, they have four webbed toes. There are 8 species world wide, and 2 North American species.
- (SW) American White Pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, (–Summer Range–); observed in flocks.
- (SW) Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis (Common seasonal vagrant in SW Arizona), Permanent in Gulf of California, and Pac. Ocean of Baja; (Common post-breeding.)
Read more about this topic: List Of Arizona-SW Birds (Yuma County, Arizona)