Such a creature would weigh hundreds of pounds and almost certainly be incapable of flight. I am in no way qualified to answer your question seriously, I'm just a pelican enthusiast.
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That is what I would expect as well. Perhaps the wings would revert to tiny arms and a size roughly the size of a polar bear. Maybe a small carnotaurus type critter but with a proportionately sized pouch in the beak.
Quetzalcoatlus was a pterosaur rather than a pelican, but I think it shows how big birds could potentially be. 40-foot wingspan.