🦩American White Pelican
美洲鹈鹕（学名：Pelecanus erythrorhynchos）为鵜形目鵜鶘科下的一种大型水鸟，以各种水生小动物为食。其身体大部分为白色，仅在飞行时能看到黑色的发翔羽。该鸟于夏季在美洲内陆繁殖，而在冬季会迁徙至南方沿海地区越冬，最远可抵达尤卡坦半岛。在20世纪，该鸟的种群曾因人类捕杀以及环境污染而显著下降，但目前由于立法保护和民众意识增强，其种群已经十分庞大，故IUCN将其评为无危。
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.
- Body mass
- 5.61 kg
- Body length
- 1.78 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 54 years
Everything we know about the American White Pelican
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass5.61 kgrecord 5.9 kg · SeaLifeBaseAVONETOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0
By sex
- Male6.92 kgWikidataQ735190
- Female4.97 kgWikidataQ735190
Figures vary
- 6.13 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length1.78 mmaximum recorded, total lengthSeaLifeBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: SeaLifeBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0
Tail length0.15 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0
Wing length0.56 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Beak length0.32 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0
Tarsus length0.12 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0
Maximum lifespan54 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Gestation36 daysAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Litter sizeabout 2AnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Trophic levelCarnivoreAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0
HabitatWetlandAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0
LifestyleAquaticAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0
Volume l5.6 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for American White Pelican yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderPelecaniformes
- ›familyPelecanidae
- ›genusPelecanus
- ›speciesPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- familyPelecanidae
- genusPelecanus
All 11 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- familyPelecanidae
- genusPelecanus
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