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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.
One of the most striking features of the shoebill stork is, of course, its massive, shoe-shaped bill. Measuring at least 7 inches long and nearly 7 inches wide, this bill is a specialized tool ...
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
Size comparison of some phorusrhacids, including Kelenken, Devincenzia, Phorusrhacos, and Titanis. The neck can be divided into three main regions. In the higher regions of the neck, the phorusrhacid has bifurcate neural spines (BNS), while it has high neural spines in its lower regions.
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This medium-sized stork stands 90–105 cm (35–41 in) tall. [4] Its body is white with a short black tail that is glossed green and purple when freshly moulted. [4] The bill is deep yellow, slightly decurved at the end and with a rounder cross-section than in other stork species outside the Mycteria. [4]
Doug Corwin, owner of Crescent Duck Farm, carries a female duck used for breeding in 2014 in Aquebogue, New York. Millions of birds have been killed in response to the spread of H5N1 bird flu.
The marabou stork is a massive bird: large specimens are thought to reach a height of 152 centimetres (5 feet) and a weight of 9 kg (20 lb). [ 8 ] [ 9 ] A wingspan of 3.7 m (12 ft) was accepted by Fisher and Peterson, who ranked the species as having the largest wing-spread of any living bird.