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One of the most striking features of the shoebill stork is, of course, its massive, shoe-shaped bill. ... Mates may emit low, mooing sounds that sound like a cow. Shoebill families also use high ...
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.
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]
Mabamba Bay is a wetland on the edge of Lake Victoria, northwest of the Entebbe peninsula in a village called Kasanje. [2] [3] It covers an area of 2424 ha and is a home to over 300 bird species. [4]
The stork is locally known as hargila, or bone swallower, because of its tendency to be found near garbage dumps. Her neighbors were angry at her for questioning the man’s actions.
The indigobirds are finch-like species which usually have black or indigo predominating in their plumage. All are brood parasites which lay their eggs in the nests of estrildid finches. Pin-tailed whydah, Vidua macroura; Broad-tailed paradise-whydah, Vidua obtusa (A) Eastern paradise-whydah, Vidua paradisaea; Steel-blue whydah, Vidua hypocherina
The cassowary looks like a relic from another geologic era – it’s as tall as a person, has glossy black feathers and piercing eyes, walks on two feet, can weigh up to 140 pounds, and has a ...
Like other storks, they are quite mute except at nest where they make bill-clattering sounds. The sounds produced are of a low-pitch and resonant and ends with a short sigh. [19] Juveniles fledged from the nests can occasionally call using a mildly-warbling, high-pitched series of whistles, accompanied with open, quivering wings.