ML201859551 IBC 1532079

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An Australian Pelican creche with attendant adults - one feeding its chick. The Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) occurs widely on inland and coastal waters of Australia and New Guinea. It is the only pelican found in Australia, and is medium-sized for a pelican, weighing between 4-13 kilograms (8.8 to 28 pounds) with a wingspan up to 2.6 metres (8.5 feet). There are two Australian Pelican rookeries on Penguin Island, a wildlife sanctuary in the Shoalwater Islands Marine Park 50 km south of Perth, Western Australia. Young Pelicans of different ages were gathered in a creche on a hill on the southern end of Penguin Island. There were several adult birds on the edge of the creche – one regurgitating food for its chick who had its head inside its parent’s bill. Elevation: 11 m. Date added to IBC: November 20, 2018.