Pelican Bill

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“North American White Pelican. Bill and feet ordinarily yellow; much reddened in the breeding season, when the general tone of the bill is reddish salmon color, the under mandible brighter than the upper, which has the ridge whitish; pouch passing from livid whitish anteriorly through yellow and orange to red at base. Bill a foot or more.” Elliot Coues

Keywords

birds, ornithology, bird anatomy, seabirds, North American birds, North American White Pelican, pelican bill, Pelecanus trachyrhynchus, bill pouch

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Source

Elliot Coues Key to North American Birds (Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, 1884)

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