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The shoebill (Balaeniceps rex), also known as the whale-headed stork, and shoe-billed stork, is a large long-legged wading bird. It derives its name from its enormous shoe-shaped bill . It has a somewhat stork -like overall form and has previously been classified with the storks in the order Ciconiiformes based on this morphology.
Certain words in the English language represent animal sounds: the noises and vocalizations of particular animals, especially noises used by animals for communication. The words can be used as verbs or interjections in addition to nouns , and many of them are also specifically onomatopoeic .
Balaenicipitidae is a family of birds in the order Pelecaniformes, although it was traditionally placed in Ciconiiformes.The shoebill is the sole extant species and its closest relative is the hamerkop (Scopus umbretta), which belongs to another family.
Turntable video of an adult male specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center. The passenger pigeon was sexually dimorphic in size and coloration. It weighed between 260 and 340 g (9.2 and 12.0 oz). [34] The adult male was about 390 to 410 mm (15.4 to 16.1 in) in length. [35] It had a bluish-gray head, nape, and hindneck.
This is a Shoebill (ハシビロコウ) at Ueno Zoo (上野動物園). The Shoebill sits there staring off into space, turns and looks at the viewer. As it turns away, we can see its large eye blink. This is a gift of mine to Wikipedia, in hires. Date: May 2008: Source: Own work: Author: Nesnad: Permission (Reusing this file) CC, GNU FDL
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 January 2025. This is a list of onomatopoeias, i.e. words that imitate, resemble, or suggest the source of the sound that they describe. For more information, see the linked articles. Human vocal sounds Achoo, Atishoo, the sound of a sneeze Ahem, a sound made to clear the throat or to draw attention ...
The sounds change based on the intensity of the light, allowing people with blindness or low vision to follow the progress of the eclipse. The device is called a LightSound , and hundreds of them ...
The middle toe is comb-like (pectinated) like a heron's. [10] Its tail is short and its wings are big, wide, and round-tipped; it soars well, although it does so less than the shoebill or storks. [10] When it does so, it stretches its neck forward like a stork or ibis, but when it flaps, it coils its neck back something like a heron. [18]