The Spot-billed Pelican or Grey Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis) perching on the top of a house in Kokkrebellur (Village of migratory birds).
The birds nest in colonies and the nest is a thick platform of twigs placed on a low tree. These are usually built alongside other colonial waterbirds, particularly Painted Storks. Like other pelicans, they cool themselves using gular fluttering and panting

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Painted Storks being large and colourful birds and their nesting colonies become centres of tourist interest. Particularly well-known nest site are those that are close to human settlements and these include the colony in the south Indian village of Kokrebellur .
In Kokrebellur, the birds nest within the trees in the village forming mixed nesting colonies with the Spot-billed Pelican. The local people provide security to these birds during the brief nesting season when the birds arrive in October leaving the village in a couple of months

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A pelican, derived from the Greek word πελεκυς pelekys (meaning “axe” and applied to birds that cut wood with their bills or beaks) is a large water bird with a large throat pouch.
From the fossil record it is known that pelicans have been around for over 30 million years

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Painted Storks being large and colourful birds and their nesting colonies become centres of tourist interest. Particularly well-known nest site are those that are close to human settlements and these include the colony in the south Indian village of Kokrebellur .
In Kokrebellur, the birds nest within the trees in the village forming mixed nesting colonies with the Spot-billed Pelican. The local people provide security to these birds during the brief nesting season when the birds arrive in October leaving the village in a couple of months

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