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Pelecanus onocrotalus |
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Pelecanus onocrotalus |
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Pélican blanc |
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Great (Eastern) White Pelican |
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| Lukwekwe (Kisonge); mudinga munene mutoke (Tshiluba); dimbondu (Lunda) ; chuni nkonkomo; kasangwa; mwila kasangwa; isele; lisela ; kibangwa (Kibemba) ; liomba, diomba (Kiluba) | |
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Pelecanus onocrotalus differs from its cousin in being larger, having white plumage, pink orbital skin and a pink and yellow bill while Pelecanus rufescens is smaller, greyer, has a yellow bill and orbital skin. |
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Has been observed at the Kisale lake. |
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Mostly fish. |
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Warning :
This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors.
The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed.
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