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

Kannan Thirunaranan; Samidurai Jayakumar; Sankaranathan Sivaraman; Santhanakrishnan Babu

doi:10.11609/jott.3307.9.9.10729-10732

Journal of Threatened Taxa (Sep 2017)

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

Kannan Thirunaranan,
Samidurai Jayakumar,
Sankaranathan Sivaraman,
Santhanakrishnan Babu

Affiliations

Kannan Thirunaranan: The Nature Trust, G3, Krish View Apartments, No. 45 A Valmiki Street, East Tambaram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600059, India
Samidurai Jayakumar: A.V.C. College (Autonomous), Mayiladuthurai - Akkur Road, Mannampandal, Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu 609305, India
Sankaranathan Sivaraman: Forester, Pallikaranai Forest Division, Tamil Nadu Forest Department, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600100, India
Santhanakrishnan Babu: Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Anaikatty, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641108, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.3307.9.9.10729-10732
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 9
pp. 10729 – 10732

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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.

Published in Journal of Threatened Taxa

ISSN: 0974-7893 (Print); 0974-7907 (Online)
Publisher: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society
Country of publisher: India
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General): Ecology; Science: Natural history (General): General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution
Website: https://threatenedtaxa.org/

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