Talk:Brown Pelican

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The Brown pelican is listed as federally endangered in the U.S. except along the Atlantic coast and Alabama. The California population is still considered endangered, though delisting is imminent. The Caribbean population has not recovered as well, and has been neglected.

However, it's common on the Atlantic coast, common in the Caribbean (I saw them everywhere in Tobago) and afaik common throughout the rest of its Central and South American range.

Jimfbleak.talk.18:31, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Looking for some information

We were just having a conversation here, and were wondering about one particular aspect of the brown pelican that would be good to include in the article. Since the pelicans dive for fish, they often end up with a beak full of water. How do they expell this salty mouthful?

from the sides of the bill, as with other pelicans, jimfbleak 06:45, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Extinct?

Why exactly is there a cross next to the latin name? The conservation status says "least concern". --Mithcoriel 09:59, 24 September 2006 (UTC)