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Galapagos Pictures - Brown Pelican Pelicanus occidentalis urinator

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Like many Galapagos birds, the Brown pelican is unmistakeable with its heavy body, enormous bill and long neck, usually bent back in flight.

They are best seen in the central islands, often perching on boats waiting for food to be made accidentally or deliberately available to them. They fish by means of an inelegant, but effective plunge dive feeding on small fish and crustaceans. Their fishing method is almost a sort of filter feeding in that they fill their pouch under the bill with water containing the food during the dive which they then filter out.

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