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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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