Pelicans

Pelicans are water birds that have long beaks with a pouch for catching their prey, principally fish. They often hunt and breed in colonies. We chose some of our favourite pelican images from the archive.

A brown pelican preening, San Diego, California, USA (National Geographic/robertharding)

Chilean pelicans preening, Lobos De Tierra, Peru (Pete Oxford/robertharding)

Close up of a flying brown pelican, San Diego, California (National Geographic/robertharding)

Pelicans, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa (imageBROKER/robertharding)

White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus), portrait (imageBROKER/robertharding)

See more pictures of pelicans here