Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

The Brown Pelican otherwise known as the Pelecanus occidentalis, lives in warm shallow waters along the coast line. The Brown Pelican doesn’t go farther than 20 miles of the coast line. The domain-Eukarya; kingdom-Animalia;phylum-Chordata;class-Sarcopterygii;order-Pelrcaniformes;family-Pelecanidae;genus-Pelecanus;species-Occidentalis.  

This organism is endothermic with means the temp of this animal should stay the same and that it should not change very much. This animal has bilateral symmetry which means that it does have symmetry, and of you where to cut the animal in hatf it would match up on each side. The Brown Pelican is large with a wingspand of 78.7 inches for a adult. The animal is brown with a also large body. Three adaptations that this organism has is sitting on their eggs to keep warm. they are very fluffy so that helps keep them warm, another adaptation that the Brown Pelican has is is having a pointy beak to dive down to get prey to eat and last but not least they have a big beak to carry a fish or a few. Prey:Fish and shrimp.Predators: Raccoons, humans, Sea lion, sharks, American Alligator.This animal is heterotrophic which means it consumes and does not produce. A cool fact about the Brown Pelican is that they have a big beak to hold fish and water in their big month/ beak for if they had to fly a little bit.