Ciconiiformes

Shoebill (Balaenicipitidae)

HBW 1, p. 466 Learn more about the Handbook of the Birds of the World - Volume 1 on the Lynx Edicions website.

• Large, long-legged wading birds with huge, bulbous bill.
• East and Central Africa.
• Swamps, usually with papyrus.
• 1 genus, 1 species, 1 taxon.
• 1 species threatened; none extinct since 1600.