Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
Great White Pelican, Lake Ziway, Ethiopia, January 2016 - click for larger image

Ethiopia
January 2016

The Great White Pelican breeds discontinuously from south-east Europe to Kazakhstan. These populations winter in Africa south of the Sahara and in the Indian subcontinent. There are also scattered populations in Africa which are resident. See the distribution map at Birdlife International.
Great White Pelican, Lake Shalla, Ethiopia, January 2016 - click for larger image It is a very large black and white pelican with a yellow bill pouch. In flight, the black flight feathers contrast with the white wing coverts.
Great White Pelican, Lake Ziway, Ethiopia, January 2016 - click for larger image

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