Sightings of the Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus (Linn. 1758) (Aves: Pelicaniformes: Pelicanidae) in Pallikaranai Marshlands, Tamil Nadu, India

Authors

  • Kannan Thirunaranan The Nature Trust, G3, Krish View Apartments, No. 45 A Valmiki Street, East Tambaram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600059, India http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1547-2505
  • Samidurai Jayakumar A.V.C. College (Autonomous), Mayiladuthurai - Akkur Road, Mannampandal, Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu 609305, India http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9509-5625
  • Sankaranathan Sivaraman Forester, Pallikaranai Forest Division, Tamil Nadu Forest Department, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600100, India http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4476-5147
  • Santhanakrishnan Babu Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Anaikatty, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641108, India http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1287-0957

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.3307.9.9.10729-10732

Keywords:

Distribution, Great White Pelican, Pallikaranai.

Abstract

Great White Pelican is recorded for the first time in Pallikaranai Marsh Land, Tamil Nadu, India. As this species is recorded in other parts southern india, a brief sightings records of the is described. 

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26-09-2017

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Vol. 9 No. 9 (2017)

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