A group of Dalmatian Pelicans (Pelicanus crispus) stading on a log beside a lake in Southern England

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The Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) 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. 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.

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Location: Arundel, West Sussex, England
Photo credit: © Robert Kennett / Alamy / Afripics
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