About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 225. Chapters: Pelican, Kakapo, Egyptian Vulture, Huia, Ostrich, Andean Condor, List of bird genera, Passenger Pigeon, Nuthatch, Crex, King Vulture, Eremopezus, Confuciusornis, American Redstart, Osprey, Pinyon Jay, Philippine Eagle, Budgerigar, Dickcissel, List of Amazon parrots, Swan, Hoopoe, Osteodontornis, Gastornis, Monk Parakeet, Cassowary, Flamingo, Hoatzin, Bearded Vulture, Eclectus Parrot, Wood Thrush, Cinereous Vulture, Secretarybird, Kagu, Hesperornis, Zapata Rail, Limpkin, Puffin, Aerodramus, Ichthyornis, Lyrebird, Bobolink, Pipit, Shoebill, Jeholornis, Bananaquit, Ara (genus), Carolina Parakeet, Anas, Stresemann's Bushcrow, Snow Petrel, Striped Honeyeater, Black-and-white Warbler, Martial Eagle, Giant petrel, Vesper Sparrow, Cockatiel, Haast's Eagle, Crypturellus, Laughing Owl, Eos (genus), Northern Hawk-Owl, Snowfinch, Bali Myna, Palila, Yellow-eyed Penguin, Lappet-faced Vulture, Sittella, Anser (bird), K kako, Nestor (genus), Vanellus. Excerpt: Pelicans are a genus of large water birds comprising the family Pelecanidae. They are characterised by a long beak and large throat pouch used in catching prey and draining water from the scooped up contents before swallowing. They have predominantly pale plumage, the exceptions being the Brown and Peruvian Pelicans. The bills, pouches and bare facial skin of all species become brightly coloured before the breeding season. The eight living pelican species have a patchy global distribution, ranging latitudinally from the tropics to the temperate zone, though they are absent from interior South America as well as from polar regions and the open ocean. Fossil evidence of pelicans dates back at least 30 million years, to the remains of a beak very similar to that of modern species recovered from Oligocene strata in France. Long thought to be related to frigatebirds, ..
