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

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Kannan Thirunaranan
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1547-2505
Samidurai Jayakumar
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9509-5625
Sankaranathan Sivaraman
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4476-5147
Santhanakrishnan Babu
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1287-0957

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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