We refer to Pied Imperial-pigeons as PIP's.  So when a pair nested in our
yard we called the young a Pipette!
Denise
on 11/11/10 5:23 PM, Laurie Knight at  wrote:
> How about a pelicanet?
> 
> On 11/11/2010, at 9:00 AM, Carl Clifford wrote:
> 
>> Trevor,
>> 
>> I think you will find that the only name you could call is a chick.
>> Looks like no one got around to giving names to young pelicans.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Carl Clifford
>> On 10/11/2010, at 10:09 PM, Trevor Hampel wrote:
>> 
>> Hi there birders,
>> one
>> I hope someone can help me with this.
>> 
>> This morning I was the guest speaker on Australian Birds at our
>> local Ladies Probus Club.
>> 
>> One of the ladies asked me "What is a baby pelican called?"
>> 
>> I had to admit that I didn't know if there was a special name, other
>> than chick or nestling. A search of the internet has not thrown any
>> light on this either, except I found two references to "toddlers" on
>> less than authoritative sites.
>> 
>> Any ideas?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Trevor
>> 
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