<h1 class="ql-align-center"><strong style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">Spot Billed Pelican</strong></h1><p class="ql-align-center"><br></p><h3><strong>Context&nbsp;</strong></h3><ul><li class="ql-indent-1">India has 75 Ramsar sites, of which <strong>14 are in Tamil Nadu,</strong> including three added last year: <strong>the Karikili bird sanctu­ary, the Pallikaranai Marsh Re­serve Forest and the Pichava­ ram mangrove.&nbsp;</strong></li><li class="ql-indent-1">The spot­billed pelican is seen in all these places.</li></ul><h3><strong>About&nbsp;</strong></h3><ul><li class="ql-indent-1">The <strong>Spot-billed Pelican </strong>is a large water bird found in India and other parts of <strong>Southeast Asia.&nbsp;</strong></li><li class="ql-indent-1">The spot-billed pelican (Pelecanus philippensis) or grey pelican is a member of the pelican family.&nbsp;</li><li class="ql-indent-1">It is a bird of large inland and coastal waters, especially large lakes</li><li class="ql-indent-1">The species is found to breed only in <strong>peninsular India, Sri Lanka and in Cambodia</strong></li><li class="ql-indent-1">The main habitat is in shallow lowland freshwaters.&nbsp;</li><li class="ql-indent-1">The best places to spot the Spot-billed Pelican in India are the <strong>Keoladeo National Park in Rajasthan, Pulicat Lake, Andhra Pradesh,&nbsp;the Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu, Chilika Lake in Odisha, Kokkare Bellur and Karanji Lake in Karnataka.</strong></li><li class="ql-indent-1"><strong>IUCN</strong> - Near Threatened&nbsp;</li></ul><p class="ql-align-center"><br></p><h1 class="ql-align-center"><strong>PRELIMS NOTES:</strong><a href="https://www.sunyaias.com/subscription-details/prelims-2023-sunya-notes-current-affairs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><strong>CLICK HERE</strong></a></h1>