Australian pelican
Amazing fact
Australian pelicans work in flocks to herd fish into shallow water and catch them.
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Australian pelicans work in flocks to herd fish into shallow water and catch them.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Australian pelican
- Scientific name
- Pelecanus conspicillatus
- Japanese name
- コシグロペリカン
- Group
- Birds
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Pelecanidae
- Genus
- Pelecanus
How the Australian pelican lives
It is active by day and flies in groups. It tips forward and thrusts its bill underwater to catch fish. When flying, it draws its head toward its body and rests it on its shoulders. It gathers in large colonies to breed.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Range
- Throughout Australia
Where the Australian pelican has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- コシグロペリカン
- 简体中文
- 澳洲鹈鹕
- 繁體中文
- 澳洲鵜鶘
- 한국어
- 오스트레일리아사다새
- Español
- Pelícano australiano
- Français
- Pélican à lunettes
- Deutsch
- Brillenpelikan
- Português (Brasil)
- Pelicano-australiano
- Italiano
- Pellicano australiano
- العربية
- بجع أسترالي
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Undan kacamata
- Tiếng Việt
- Bồ nông Úc
- Русский
- Австралийский пеликан
- Türkçe
- Avustralya pelikanı
- বাংলা
- অস্ট্রেলীয় পেলিকান
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — コシグロペリカンChecked: 2026-11-04
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Pelecanus conspicillatusChecked: 2026-11-06
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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