Australian pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus), Ascension frigatebird (Fregata aquila)

Query: Birds of australia

Result: 240^th of 1059

Subject:	Australian pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus), Ascension frigatebird (Fregata aquila)
Poster:	Wiki Photos (---@---.---)

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Pelecanus conspicillatus = Syn: Pelecanus perspicillatus
Fregata aquila = Syn: Tachypetes aquilus
Date 5 May 1838, 15:49:28
Source http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/135117#page/205/mode/1up
Author Édouard Traviès de Villers ( 1809-1876) prinx, Christophe Annedouche (1803-1866) sculp.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pelecanus_conspicillatus_Fregata_aquila.JPG

The Australian pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) is a large waterbird of the family Pelecanidae, widespread on the inland and coastal waters of Australia and New Guinea, also in Fiji, parts of Indonesia and as a vagrant in New Zealand. It is a predominantly white bird with black wings and a pink bill. It has been recorded as having the longest bill of any living bird. It mainly eats fish, but will also consume birds and scavenges for scraps.

The Ascension frigatebird (Fregata aquila) is a seabird of the frigatebird family Fregatidae which breeds on Boatswain Bird Island and Ascension Island in the tropical Atlantic Ocean.

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