Pelicans

Type:
Aves
Order:
Pelecaniformes
Family:
Pelecanidae
General Background:
Pelicans are large water birds with a distinctive pouch under their beak. As with other members of the order Pelecaniformes, they have webbed feet with four toes.

The Great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) is the species which occurs in Zimbabwe.