Editing Peruvian pelican (section)

===Feeding===
Peruvian pelicans feed on several species of [[fish]]. Unlike the brown pelican, they never dive from a great height to catch its food, instead diving from a shallow height or feeding while swimming on the surface.<ref>{{cite journal| author=Jaramillo, A. |year=2009 |title=Humboldt Current seabirding in Chile | journal=Neotropical Birding | volume=4 | pages=27–39}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last1=Jeyasingham |first1=Will S. |last2=Taylor |first2=Scott A. |last3=Zavalaga |first3=Carlos B. |last4=Simeone |first4=Alejandro |last5=Friesen |first5=Vicki L. |date=2013 |title=Specialization to cold-water upwellings may facilitate gene flow in seabirds: new evidence from the Peruvian pelican Pelecanus thagus (Pelecaniformes: Pelecanidae) |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1600-048X.2012.00004.x |journal=Journal of Avian Biology |language=en |volume=44 |issue=3 |pages=297–304 |doi=10.1111/j.1600-048X.2012.00004.x |s2cid=4288602|url-access=subscription }}</ref> On occasion they may take other food items, such as nestling of [[imperial shag]]s, young [[Peruvian diving petrel]]s, [[gray gull]]s and [[Cannibalism (zoology)|cannibalize]] unrelated chicks of their  own species.<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Cursach, J.A. |author2=J.R. Rau |author3=J. Vilugrón |year=2016 |title=Presence of the Peruvian Pelican Pelicanus thagus in seabird colonies of Chilean Patagonia | journal=Marine Ornithology | volume=44 | pages=27–30}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author1=Daigre, M. |author2=P. Arce |author3=A. Simeone |year=2012 |title=Fledgling Peruvian Pelicans (Pelecanus thagus) attack and consume younger unrelated conspecifics | journal=Wilson Journal of Ornithology | volume=124 |issue=3 | pages=603–607 | doi=10.1676/12-011.1|s2cid=84928683 }}</ref> They also feed on [[Pelagic zone|pelagic]] species such as [[Anchovy|anchovies]].<ref name=":1" /> In fact, those in the northern [[Humboldt Current]] System feed almost exclusively on one species, the [[Peruvian anchoveta]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last1=Passuni |first1=Giannina |last2=Barbraud |first2=Christophe |last3=Chaigneau |first3=Alexis |last4=Demarcq |first4=Hervé |last5=Ledesma |first5=Jesus |last6=Bertrand |first6=Arnaud |last7=Castillo |first7=Ramiro |last8=Perea |first8=Angel |last9=Mori |first9=Julio |last10=Viblanc |first10=Vincent A. |last11=Torres-Maita |first11=Jose |last12=Bertrand |first12=Sophie |date=2016 |title=Seasonality in marine ecosystems: Peruvian seabirds, anchovy, and oceanographic conditions |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24703004 |journal=Ecology |volume=97 |issue=1 |pages=182–193 |doi=10.1890/14-1134.1 |jstor=24703004 |pmid=27008787 |bibcode=2016Ecol...97..182P |issn=0012-9658}}</ref>

The birds feed around cold-water [[Upwelling|upwellings]], being found along the [[Humboldt Current]].<ref name=":1" />