Pelicans
Order: Pelecaniformes. Family: Pelecanidae
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 eight species worldwide, two in Southern Africa.
- Eastern White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
Read more about this topic: List Of Southern African Birds