Field signs. Large water bird (mass up to 13 kg). Plumage white, upper back light gray. Podklyuvny bag and bare skin «person» yellow, gray legs, raduzhina zheltovataya. At the head and upper neck «fleecy» feathers form a sort of mane. Good flies, can steam. Excellent swimming on the water sits high. Can not dive. On the ground walks slowly into the air rises with difficulty. And with water, and land rises on the wing, building both lapami. Maybe prisazhivatsya trees. Namokayut feathers quickly, and birds often «otzhimayut» their beak. Voice during the nesting - deaf roar, the rest of the time Pelican molchaliv (Syroechkovsky, Rogacheva, 1995). Distribution. Surrounding nesting - in East Kazakhstan and Northern Mongolia. For province and surrounding areas of Siberia known for a number of zaletov (Rogacheva, 1988; Syroechkovsky, Rogacheva, 1995). In early May 1907 gray pelican was produced at the river Esaulovke a village. Teryokhin, 35 km from Krasnoyarsk (guy is stored in the Krasnoyarsk Museum). At the beginning of XX century. pelican beak unknown species killed in the Lower Angara, was handed over to the museum city of Eniseyska (Tugarinov, Buturlin, 1911). In the adjacent edge areas at the end of May 1918 gray pelican was killed on the muddy lake in Katun Valley, near the city of Biisk, in spring 1928, another pelican was killed residents in the vicinity of the city Zmeinogorska (Detroit, 1921). Few zalety gray pelican has been registered for the Baikal (Gagina, 1960). In the early 70-ies of the young pelican (judging from the description, curly) was caught by fishermen on the Yenisey to the village. Bor (61 ° 30 'N) and lived until the winter from local residents. In 1956 and 1957 estimates. Nondescript single pelicans have been on the lakes and Tere-Hol-Hol Erzinskogo Bay region of Tuva (Spassky, Sonin, 1959). Habitats. The rich aquatic vegetation inaccessible lakes, estuaries and lower reaches of rivers (Syroechkovsky, Rogacheva, 1995).  Reproduction. Gnezditsya colonies, less individual pairs. Nest - most slapdash pile of dry reed, sealed droppings. The diameter and height of nests above the water level - 1,5-2 meters jack on the islands, splavine or simply more cane. Masonry - White 2-5 Egg, unevenly covered with a layer of lime (Syroechkovsky, Rogacheva, 1995).
Nutrition. Ryba medium-sized (2,5-3 kg) or less. Produces a fish or in shallow water or in the upper water's depth (Syroechkovsky, Rogacheva, 1995). Number. Everywhere low (Syroechkovsky, Rogacheva, 1995). References. |
