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Shaebill
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The Shaebill (Balaeniceps rex), kent as Whalehead or Shae-billed Stork an aw, is a very lairge stork-lik bird. It derives its name frae its massive shae-shaped bill. Altho it haes a somewhit stork-lik oweraw furm an haes previously been classified in the order Ciconiiformes, its true affiliations wi ither livin birds is ambiguous. Some authorities nou reclassify it wi the Pelecaniformes. The adult is mainly grey while the juveniles are brouner. It lives in tropical east Africae in lairge swamps frae Sudan tae Zambie.[2]
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Shaebill | |
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At the Pairi Daiza in Brugelette, Belgium | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Aves |
Order: | Pelecaniformes |
Faimily: | Balaenicipitidae Bonaparte, 1853 |
Genus: | Balaeniceps Gould, 1850 |
Species: | B. rex |
Binomial name | |
Balaeniceps rex Gould, 1850 | |
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