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Abnormal plumage colouration in Spot-billed Pelicans Pelecanus philippensis at Pulicat Lake, Andhra Pradesh, India
Citation
KANNAN, V.
2021. Abnormal plumage colouration in Spot-billed Pelicans Pelecanus philippensis at Pulicat Lake, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Marine Ornithology 49: 211
- 214
http://doi.org/10.5038/2074-1235.49.2.1426
Received 30 July 2020, accepted 12 February 2021
Date Published: 2021/10/15
Date Online: 2021/09/01
Key words: plumage, colour variation, Pelecanus philippensis, Pulicat Lake, Andhra Pradesh, India
Abstract
Plumage colour variation is rarely observed in the Pelecaniformes and had not been previously recorded for the Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis. Observed at Pulicat Lake, Andhra Pradesh, India, I describe strikingly coloured Spot-billed Pelicans having dark brown plumage, pink coloration on the bill, and black feet, but having normal eye colour.
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