Pelecanus conspicillatus

1 Australian Pelican at Molonglo River Reserve

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Identification history

	Pelecanus conspicillatus	9 Oct 2020	MichaelBedingfield
	Pelecanus conspicillatus	8 Oct 2020	JonSteinbeck

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There was an Australian pelican in the Molonglo River near the weir behind the equestrian centre. It was downstream from me but while I was photographing it the bird left the rock in the middle of the river to start swimming towards me. It did not swim rapidly towards me, it was in a more measured way. As it got closer to where I was it curved slightly out from my bank, but then turned slowly across from where I was before slowly swimming past me.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.067915 -35.310695
Altitude 545.0m
Maps Molonglo River Reserve
Places Molonglo Valley, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
27 Sep 2020 08:52 AM Recorded on
JonSteinbeck Recorded by
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BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Colonial nesters (Herons, Cormorants, etc) Water birds Birds

Species information

Pelecanus conspicillatus Scientific name
Australian Pelican Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 806.23m Recorded at altitude
451 images trained Machine learning

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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania