Although the region has seen a reduction in the populations of the large mammals, it is still home to some including the reedbuck and migrating pintails, garganey, African openbill ( " Anastomus lamelligerus " ), saddle-billed stork ( " Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis " ), wattled crane ( " Bugeranus carunculatus " ), and great white pelican ( " Pelecanus onocrotalus " ).
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But the fossil femur measures only half as large as that of " Osteodontornis " ( or " P . longirostris ", for that matter ) . " " P . " stirtoni " was thus marginally larger than the Australian pelican ( " Pelecanus conspicillatus " ) of our time, or about the size of the small Paleogene pseudotooth bird " Odontopteryx toliapica ".
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Birds include ducks, geese, American white pelican ( " Pelecanus erythrorhynchos " ), sandhill crane ( " Grus canadensis " ), ruffed grouse ( " Bonasa umbellus " ) and common loon ( " Gavia immer " ) The wetlands of the region, such as Cumberland Lake, are an important refuge for migratory birds and include the most important breeding populations of the endangered whooping crane in North America.
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More than half of these nesting species ( 110 ) are water birds, 22 of which are rare and endangered and are listed on the Red Data Books of Kazakhstan and IUCN . These include the Dalmatian Pelican ( " Pelecanus crispus " ), the Eurasian Spoonbill ( " Platalea leucorodia " ), the Greater Flamingo ( " Phoenicopterus roseus " ) and the Ferruginous Duck ( " Aythya nyroca " ), among others.
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The female is around the same size as the largest individual great white pelicans ( " Pelecanus onocrotalus " ) or Dalmatian pelicans ( " P . crispus " ), so a male could have been even larger possibly the largest living or fossil pelican recorded, rivalled only by subfossil remains of a New Zealand pelican that has been described as a subspecies of the Australian pelican ( " P . conspicillatus " ) and a mysterious late Miocene species " Pelecanus odessanus " from the Ukraine.
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The female is around the same size as the largest individual great white pelicans ( " Pelecanus onocrotalus " ) or Dalmatian pelicans ( " P . crispus " ), so a male could have been even larger possibly the largest living or fossil pelican recorded, rivalled only by subfossil remains of a New Zealand pelican that has been described as a subspecies of the Australian pelican ( " P . conspicillatus " ) and a mysterious late Miocene species " Pelecanus odessanus " from the Ukraine.
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Globally threatened avian species listed on the IUCN Red List include : Baer s Pochard ( " Aythya baeri " ), classified as Critically Endangered and may be extirpated from the Thale Noi area and from Thailand, however data is lacking on this species; the Masked Finfoot ( " Heliopais personata " ) is Endangered; the Lessor Adjutant Stork ( " Leptoptilos javanicus " ) is Vulnerable, although it was once the most abundant species of stalk and the Spot-billed Pelican ( " Pelecanus philippensis " ) is classified as Near Threatened.
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According to the IUCN categorization, the birds reported in the area are : greater flamingo ( " Phoenicopterus roseus " ) of least concern species; Dalmatian pelican ( " Pelecanus crispus " ), greater spotted eagle ( " Clanga clanga " ), sarus crane ( " Antigone antigone " ), and Indian skimmer ( " Rynchops albicollis " ) of the vulnerable species; and the white-rumped vulture ( " Gyps bengalensis " ) and Indian vulture ( " Gyps indicus " ) of the critically endangered species.
