Australian Pelican

Japanese: オーストラリアペリカン - おーすとらりあぺりかん
Australian Pelican

...The brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) , which lives in the warm to tropical coasts of the Americas, does not swim like other pelicans, but instead dives into the sea from the air to find food, and at the moment it enters the water, it opens the throat pouch of its lower beak and chases the fish into it, which is a unique feeding method. Other species include the great white pelican (P. onocrotalus ) of western Eurasia, the grey pelican (P. philippensis ) of eastern Eurasia (illustration), the pink pelican (P. rufescens ) of tropical North Africa, the Australian pelican (P. conspicillatus ) of Australia, and the white pelican (P. erythrorhynchos) of North America. The grey pelican occasionally migrates to Japan. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions the "Australian pelican" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…アメリカ大陸の暖帯~熱帯沿岸にすむカッショクペリカンPelecanus occidentalisは,他のペリカン類のように遊泳しながらではなく,空中から餌をめがけて海に突入し,水に入った瞬間に下くちばしののど袋を広げ,その中に魚を追い込んでとらえるという特異な採餌法をもっている。ほかにユーラシア西部のモモイロペリカンP.onocrotalus,東部のハイイロペリカンP.philippensis(イラスト),熱帯北アフリカのコシベニペリカンP.rufescens,オーストラリアのオーストラリアペリカンP.conspicillatus,北アメリカのシロペリカンP.erythrorhynchosがある。日本には,まれにハイイロペリカンが渡来する。…

※「オーストラリアペリカン」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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