California brown pelican breeding plumage portrait, Pelecanus occidentalis

Study of a California brown pelican in winter breeding plumage, yellow head, red and olive throat, pink skin around the eye, brown hind neck with some white neck side detail., Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, natural history stock photograph, photo id 39872
Study of a California brown pelican in winter breeding plumage, yellow head, red and olive throat, pink skin around the eye, brown hind neck with some white neck side detail.

Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 39872
Hi-Res Dimensions: 8640 x 5760
Lat/Long: 32.85021, -117.27036 (Coordinates: 32° 51' 0.76" N, 117° 16' 13.28" W)
Format: Digital Panorama 3:2
Keywords: adult, animal, animalia, aves, bird, breeding, brown pelican, california, california brown pelican, chordata, coloration, creature, endangered, endangered threatened species, feather, la jolla, la jolla pelicans, mating, nature, occidentalis, pelecanidae, pelecaniform, pelecaniformes, pelecanus, pelecanus occidentalis, pelecanus occidentalis californicus, pelican, pelicanidae, plumage, san diego, seabird, threatened, usa, vertebrata, vertebrate, wildlife
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