- The
shoebill (Balaeniceps rex), also
known as the whalebill, whale-headed stork, and shoe-billed stork, is a
large long-legged
wading bird. It derives...
- egg
helpless and
naked in most. They lack a
brood patch. The pelicans,
shoebill and
hamerkop form a
clade within the order, with
their next
closest relatives...
- Pelecaniformes, and its
closest relatives are
thought to be the
pelicans and the
shoebill. The
shape of its head with a long bill and
crest at the back is reminiscent...
- Pelecaniformes,
although it was
traditionally placed in Ciconiiformes. The
shoebill is the sole
extant species and its
closest relative is the
hamerkop (Scopus...
- tarsometatarsus,
showed this bird to be
closely related to the
living shoebill. Its full name is
Goliathia andrewsii, but may be
closely related enough...
-
Shoebill (family:
Balaenicipitidae · genus: Balaeniceps)...
- and the
extralimital families Scopidae (hamerkop) and
Balaenicipitidae (
shoebill) of Africa.
Elsewhere in the world, the word
refers to what
North Americans...
- Pelec****
crispus Order: Pelecaniformes Family:
Balaenicipitidae The
shoebill was
formerly thought to be
related to
storks but is in the same
order as...
- Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2022). "Ibis, spoonbills, herons, Hamerkop,
Shoebill, pelicans". IOC
World Bird List
Version 12.2.
International Ornithologists'...
- Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2022). "Ibis, spoonbills, herons, Hamerkop,
Shoebill, pelicans". IOC
World Bird List
Version 12.2.
International Ornithologists'...