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 2 years ago 40 sec 4.5 -
A bird on a wetland opening the beak and shaking the head Locality Mabamba Wetland, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 26 August 2006 6 years ago 22 sec 4.4 -
Yawning Shoebill Locality Entebbe, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Hans-Juergen Kuehnel 6 January 2011 1 year ago 56 sec 4.3 -
walking very slow Locality Mburo Lake National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 13 September 2010 2 years ago 34 sec 4.3 -
bird looking for food Locality Mburo Lake National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 13 September 2010 2 years ago 16 sec 4.3 -
A bird on the ground, with a detail of the bill. Locality Mabamba Wetland, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Eldert Groenewoud 7 March 2008 4 years ago 52 sec 4.3
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As we watched the shoebill from a distance it suddenly flew toward us.
Locality Mabamba Wetland, Uganda
Lee Hunter 27 July 2012 29 weeks ago 4.9 -
A bird on a wetland
Locality Mabamba Wetland, Uganda
Krzysztof Blachowiak 5 March 2011 1 year ago 4.6 -
the same bird as previously
Locality Mabamba Wetland, Uganda
Jacek Nalepa 21 weeks ago 4.5 -
A close-up of a standing bird
Locality Mabamba Wetland, Uganda
Krzysztof Blachowiak 26 November 2012 22 weeks ago 4.5 -
portrait of shoebill
Locality Mabamba Wetland, Uganda
Krzysztof Blachowiak 26 November 2012 22 weeks ago 4.3 -
A bird attacking a fish.
Locality Mabamba Wetland, Uganda
Tadeusz Rosinski 12 February 2011 27 weeks ago 4.2
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