The Shoebill has one of the most bizarre bills of all birds. It is a large stork of tropical Africa.
The Shoebill is designed well for getting its food of fish and other small water animals.
Classification:
Order: Ciconiiformes
Family: Balaenicipitidae
Genus: Balaeniceps
Species: B. rex
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Shoebill
Shoebill does Stevie Nicks
Shoebill Back Profile
Shoebill Turn
anthonygrimley posted a photo:. Shoebill on the nest. Read more…
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The Shoebill is a very large bird, averaging 1.2 m (4 ft) tall, 5.6 kg (12.3 lbs) and 2.33 m (7.7 ft) across the wings. The adult is mainly grey, the juveniles are browner. It lives in tropical… Read more…
Strange Bird (Shoebill Stork - Schuhschnabel - Balaeniceps rex) on …
Strange Bird (Shoebill Stork - Schuhschnabel - Balaeniceps rex) Read more…
Shoebills are related to storks. It’s a large bird, averaging about 4 ft tall. It’s also pretty ugly, as you can see by the picture. They feed in muddy water and eat lungfish and other … Read more…
UPDATE: Anonymous discovered who originally took this photo (see link below). It was taken at the San Diego Wild Life Park. The shoebill wasn’t trying to eat the duck, but simply trying to… Read more…
the shoebill is related to the pelicans, or at least as far as they can tell with dna testing. i won’t bore you with taxonomy but i will tell you that this awesome bird confused scientists… Read more…
