Pelicans are renowned for their impressive wingspans, which range from 7.5 feet (the brown pelican’s usual wingspan) to 11 ...

At 108 inches, a pelican’s wingspan is nearly two feet wider than even a large bald eagle. Pelicans are also probably better anglers, too. They need to be, since each of their chicks can eat up ...

The eastern brown pelican weighs only eight pounds, but its body is four feet long and its wingspan stretches to six or seven feet. In the United States, eastern brown pelicans range from Maryland ...