Great White Pelican

Today, because of overfishing in certain areas, white pelicans are forced to fly long distances to find food. Great white pelicans are exploited for many reasons. Their pouch is used to make tobacco bags, Their skin is turned into leather, the guano is used as fertiliser, and the fat of young pelicans is converted into oils for traditional medicine in China and India. In Ethiopia, great white pelicans are shot for their meat. Human disturbance, loss of foraging habitat and breeding sites, and pollution are all contributing to the decline of the great white pelican. Declines have been particularly notable in the Palearctic.

Great white pelicans are usually birds found in and around shallow, (seasonally or tropical) warm fresh water.

The diet of the great white pelican consists mainly of fish..

The female can lay from 1 to 4 eggs in a clutch, with two being the average.