Brown pelican, San Diego, California, United States

Although it's the smallest of the eight pelican species worldwide, it's still a large bird, measuring more than a metre in length and having a wingspan of nearly two metre. It's a marine-dwelling species and can be spotted along the Atlantic coast of the Americas, from New Jersey to the mouth of the Amazon River. On the Pacific coast, it can be spotted from British Columbia all the way to Peru, including a stop at the Galapagos Islands.
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