List of Birds of South Carolina - Pelicans

Pelicans

Order: Pelecaniformes. Family: Pelecanidae

Pelicans are large water birds with a distinctive pouch under the beak. Like other birds in the order Pelecaniformes, they have four webbed toes. In South Carolina, two species have been recorded.

  • American White Pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
  • Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis

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