Spot-Billed Pelican
Clicked at the famous Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary. It is a bird of large inland and coastal waters, especially large lakes. At a distance they are difficult to differentiate from other Pelicans in the region although it is smaller but at close range the spots on the upper mandible, the lack of bright colours and the greyer plumage are distinctive. In some areas these birds nest in large colonies close to human habitations. The species is found to breed only in peninsular India, Sri Lanka and in Cambodia. A few birds from India are known to winter in the Gangetic plains but reports of its presence in many other parts of the region has been questioned. Though the numbers of these birds have declined or in many instances become extinct in many other countries over the years, the populations in southern India are thought to be on the rise. Not shy by nature they tend to nest close to human habitations.
Spot-Billed Pelican
Clicked at the famous Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary. It is a bird of large inland and coastal waters, especially large lakes. At a distance they are difficult to differentiate from other Pelicans in the region although it is smaller but at close range the spots on the upper mandible, the lack of bright colours and the greyer plumage are distinctive. In some areas these birds nest in large colonies close to human habitations. The species is found to breed only in peninsular India, Sri Lanka and in Cambodia. A few birds from India are known to winter in the Gangetic plains but reports of its presence in many other parts of the region has been questioned. Though the numbers of these birds have declined or in many instances become extinct in many other countries over the years, the populations in southern India are thought to be on the rise. Not shy by nature they tend to nest close to human habitations.