Brown Pelican in Breeding Plumage
by Lyuba Filatova
Title
Brown Pelican in Breeding Plumage
Artist
Lyuba Filatova
Medium
Photograph
Description
The brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) is a bird of the pelican family, Pelecanidae. The nominate subspecies in its breeding plumage has a white head with a yellowish wash on the crown. The nape and neck are dark maroon–brown. The upper sides of the neck have white lines along the base of the gular pouch, and the lower fore neck has a pale yellowish patch. The male and female are similar, but the female is slightly smaller. The nonbreeding adult has a white head and neck. The pink skin around the eyes becomes dull and gray in the nonbreeding season. It lacks any red hue, and the pouch is strongly olivaceous ochre-tinged and the legs are olivaceous gray to blackish-gray.
The brown pelican is the national bird of Saint Martin, Barbados, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and the Turks and Caicos Islands, and the official state bird of Louisiana. Captured in Florida.
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Comments (21)
Joseph Schofield
Congratulations! I have chosen to feature this fine image on the homepage of My Florida. Please archive it on the 2023 features and thank you thread.
Larry Kniskern
Congratulations, Lyuba – your "wildlife portrait" scene has been featured by the Go Take a Hike Photography Group! Feel free to add it to the 2021 Featured Images thread in the group discussion board for archive.
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Birds In Focus" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020-2021 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L
Gary F Richards
Outstanding capture, lighting, shading, color and artwork! F/L …voted for this piece in the EVERYTHINGPELICANS contest!
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic art has been featured on the N IS FOR NEAR themed week, APRIL 5, 2021- APRIL 12, 2021, where the subjects had to be very "near:" You are invited to add your wonderful art in the Features Archive Discussion in the ABC GROUP.
Anita Faye
Lyuba, happy to feature your beautiful work on Poetic Poultry 6/7/19! https://fineartamerica.com/groups/poetic-poultry-.html
Denise Harty
Congratulations of the feature of your wonderful image in the Macro Photography Only group! L/F
William Tasker
Lyuba, this is an amazing and stunning closeup! Thank you for submitting this fine shot and correctly named bird to Wild Birds Of The World - A Nature Photography Group, where it is now featured on the home page. L/F
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
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