තිත්හොට පැස්තුඩුවා/Spot-billed Pelican(Pelecanus philippensis)
2024 April @Thalangama Lake
First photographed at Thalangama Lake. A large pale waterbird with a hefty pinkish pouched bill marked with diagnostic dark spots on the upper mandible. The head is grizzled with a hint of a shaggy crest and the back of the neck is dark. Rings of bare skin around each eye make this bird look like it's wearing glasses. The rump, sides, and underwing coverts in breeding plumage are salmon pink and the breast ochre yellow. Often seen in large lakes and estuaries fishing in groups. Nests in noisy colonies in trees bleached by droppings.
Conservation status - Near Threatened
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