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Brown Pelican - national bird of barbados

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The national bird of Barbados is the brown pelican . The scientific name of Brown Pelican is Pelecanus occidentalis. Basically, it is a North American bird one of the three species of pelicans found in which only two species feed by in water. Brown Pelican belongs to the Pelican family Pelecanidae. It is a very huge and stocky seabird which feeds by diving in water in the sea. Brown Pelican is the smallest species in all known 8 species of the pelican but apart that it is still one of the larger seabirds.  The length of the adult pelican is 1 to 1.52 meters and has a wingspan of 2.03 to 2.48 meters. The average weight of the brown pelican is about 3.5 kg but it varies in the range of 2-5kg. Brown pelican is a piscivore (piscivore only feed on fish) & feed by plunging in the water, the main fish which accounts for 90% of its diet is menhaden. The other fish it feeds on are mainly anchovy, sheepshead, silversides, minnows, pigfish, pinfish, herring, mullets

Phoenix-national bird of lebanon

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The Phoenix is the national bird of Lebanon , it is the mythical Egyptian firebird,  from greeks mythology as well. The phoenix represents fire and divinity. It is also associated with the sun as per Greek mythology. A mythology about this Firebird is that its lifespan is around 500-1500 years, and is reborn from its ashes and fire. It is well known legendary bird of ancient times, and it is also part of the popular Harry Potter series.                                                                                            One myth about this mythical Egyptian firebird is that it can carry weight 100 times of its weight. And tears of this magical firebird can heal any type of wound.                                                                                                                                                                                   And if you had watched the movie of harry potter you have seen this Scene about how it heels the wound of