Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus), हवासील

Dalmatian pelican ( Pelecanus crispus ) हवासील SSBS Agra Uttar Pradesh February 2019 Nikon Gears This is the largest member of the pelican family, and perhaps the world's largest freshwater bird , although rivaled in weight and length by the largest swans . They are elegant soaring birds, with wingspans that rival that of the great albatrosses , and their flocks fly in graceful synchrony. With a range spanning across much of Central Eurasia , from the Mediterranean in the West to the Taiwan Strait in the East, and from the Persian Gulf in the South to Siberia in the North, it is a short-to-medium-distance migrant between breeding and overwintering areas.