10,000 Birds
JULY 23, 2021
The Guinness toucan is easily the most iconic bird mascot in beer history, but the storied Dublin brewery also boasted an ostrich and a pelican in its colorful, avian advertising menagerie of yesteryear.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 3, 2016
As a proof, two Dalmatian Pelicans are flying low above us, while a Bluethroat disappears into the nearby bush. We haven’t seen the reason yet, but suddenly you could have palpated a tension in the air that made the zebras step away and even one female Ostrich stand up… Then the Lord of the waterhole came – the White Rhinoceros.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 20, 2014
The new 48-genome analysis included only ostrich and tinamou DNA, so it doesn’t shed further light on paleognath interrelationships, but it does reinforce their distinctiveness from all other living birds. Pelicans are separate but are related to Hamerkop and Shoebill , and that group is related to herons and ibises.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 6, 2014
Australian Pelican. Many people may claim to find it hard to distinguish a sparrow from an ostrich but in truth everyone knows what a pelican is. Pelicans are common enough near water in Sydney, and sure to be a hit with kids (as long as they aren’t too old and jaded). Australian Pelican. Fairy wrens.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2015
Struthionidae (Ostriches). PELECANIDAE (PELICANS). Pink-backed Pelican ( Pelecanus rufescens ); Mkuze GR, South Africa, 30 January. Ostritch ( Struthio camelus ); Wakkerstroom, South Africa, 22 February. ANATIDAE (DUCKS). White-faced Whistling Duck ( Dendrocygna viduata ); Kasane, Botswana, 1 January. ANHINGIDAE (DARTERS).
10,000 Birds
JUNE 2, 2018
And Great Tinamou gets knocked from its taxonomic top spot (a position that it has held since day 1) by the Common Ostrich. Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. Brown Pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis. Australian Pelican – Pelecanus conspicillatus.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2018
Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. Dalmatian Pelican – Pelecanus crispus. American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. Brown Pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis. Australian Pelican – Pelecanus conspicillatus. Burchell’s Starling – Lamprotornis australis. 23 May 2018.
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