Brown pelicans

(Pelecanus   Occidentails)

Habitat and region of organism: Brown Pelicans can be found in warm shallow waters throughout the Nearctic and neotropical regions of both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Symmetry: Brown pelicans have a bilateral symmetry which means that if you were to fold the pelican in half it would be equal on both sides. Characteristics/description: A Brown Pelican has a large body a large bill and has a large gular pouch. The Brown pelican happens to be the darkest pelican out of all of the pelicans. Three adaptions: They have air sacs which allow them to be very buoyant in the water. They have air sacs which allow them to be very buoyant in the water. They paddle their webbed feet to move around on the water's surface. Interesting fact about this organism: Brown pelicans are the only species to dive into the water from 30 feet above to capture prey. After catching the prey and a lot of water, they tip their bill downward to drain the water before swallowing the fish. Predators/prey: predators: sharks and salmon Prey: fish. Brown pelicans are endothermic.

domain	Eukarya
Kingdom	Anaimalia
phylum	Chordata
class	Aves
order	Pelecaniformes
family	Pelecanidae
Genus	Pelecanus
species	Pelecanus Occidentails

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