Pelecanus onocrotalus
Pelecaniformes - Pelecanidae - Pelicans
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Distribution: Breeds E. Europe to W. Mongolia. NE Africa and Iraq to N India. Also resident in Africa S of Sahara, NW India & S Vietnam
Habitat: Fresh or brackish water in Europe, lagoons & marshes. In Africa - alkaline or fresh water, sometimes marine.
Diet: Fish mostly, occassionally eggs & chicks of cormorants. Normally feeds in groups.
Breeding: Ground nester, in large colonies; nest made from a pile of reeds & sticks
Clutch size: 1 - 3 eggs
Incubation: 29 - 36 days
Rearing: Chicks hatch naked. 20 - 25 days after hatching chicks gather in "pods".
Fledge age: 65 - 75 days
Maturity: 3 - 4 years
View Sedgwick County Zoo, Wichita, Kansas USA protocol file >
Protocol established 2011
Used on 3 individuals
Success rate 100.00%
Rating
Protocol used for at least 5 individuals with over 75% success | |
Used by 2 or more institutions | |
Points on minimizing imprinting | |
Birds went on to produce fertile eggs | |
Birds went on to successfully parent rear |
Warning points
None
Please keep us up-to-date and contact us with your own updates or new protocols for rearing the Eastern White Pelican.
Del Hoya, J., Elliott, A. & Sargatal, J. eds. (1992). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol1. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
Hand-rearing the Eastern or Great white pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus at Vogelpark Avifauna, Alphen. S. H. Ober. International Zoo Yearbook. Vol 36. Pages 171-173.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1748-1090.1998.tb02899.x/abstract