Shoebill (Balaenicipitidae)
Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) - HBW 1, p. 471
French: Bec en sabot du Nil
German: Schuhschnabel
Spanish: Picozapato
Other common names: Shoe billed/Whale headed Stork, Bog Bird
Taxonomy: Balaeniceps rex Gould, 1850, Upper White Nile..
Some morphological and behavioural affinities with Ardeidae, Scopidae and Pelecanidae. Has been considered a member of the Ciconiidae, but recent work on DNA suggests best situated within Pelecanidae. Monotypic.
Distribution: Sudan and S Ethiopia to S Zaire and N Zambia.
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close up of one, does a slow motion lunge and steps forward, but no more - we were hoping for a strike Locality Mabamba Wetland, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 30 May 2004 1 year ago 40 sec 4.5 -
A bird on a wetland showing comfort behaviour Locality Mabamba Wetland, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 26 August 2006 5 years ago 45 sec 4.5 -
A bird on a wetland moving the head Locality Mabamba Wetland, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 26 August 2006 5 years ago 40 sec 4.4 -
A bird on a wetland opening the beak and shaking the head Locality Mabamba Wetland, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 26 August 2006 5 years ago 22 sec 4.4 -
A bird on the ground, with a detail of the bill. Locality Mabamba Wetland, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Eldert Groenewoud 7 March 2008 3 years ago 52 sec 4.3 -
Bird standing in a swamp with a close up of the head Locality Mabamba Wetland, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Ian Hempstead 30 October 2010 18 weeks ago 57 sec 4.2
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A bird on a wetland
Locality Mabamba Wetland, Uganda
kblach 5 March 2011 5 weeks ago 4.3 -
A bird just before an attack on the fish
Locality Mabamba Wetland, Uganda
Piotr Jonczyk 5 March 2011 1 year ago 3.9 -
Adult bird.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 5 July 2010 31 weeks ago 3.8 -
A closeup of a bird
Locality Jurong Bird Park, Singapore (Monotypic species)
Jonathan Beilby 8 August 2008 3 years ago 3.7 -
Portrait of the adult individual.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 5 July 2010 31 weeks ago 3.5 -
A bird on a wetland.
Locality Mabamba Wetland, Uganda
Dolors Buxó 28 August 2006 1 year ago 3.4
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