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| Pelecanus conspicillatus |
Temminck, 1824 |
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Family: Pelecanidae |
Order: Pelecaniformes |
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Australian pelican |
Pélican à lunettes |
Pelicano australiano |
Brillenpelikan |
Seasonal factors influence nomadic movements, with occasional mass movements during drought; also wind-
blown on occasions. Irruption in 1978 into Indonesia, reaching Sulawesi, Java and possibly also Sumatra. Fairly
regular visitor to S coast of New Guinea, also Bismarcks and Solomons; vagrant to New Zealand, Indonesia,
Christmas I (Indian Ocean), Vanuatu and Fiji. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1992)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1992) - www.hbw.com,
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| Regions: Oceania, South & Southeast Asia |
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| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |