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Pink-backed Pelican

Pelecanus rufescens

Photo by fotoemin
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

The first record of this African species in Turkey. Two were at Goksu delta. They arrived here with migrating White storks toward northbounds from Africa.

Habitat:

They were in a seasonal flooded rice field at the northern part of the delta.

Notes:

Küçük pelikan in Turkish. My first photos at project Noah:)

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