- 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...
- egg
helpless and
naked in most. They lack a
brood patch. The pelicans,
shoebill and
hamerkop form a
clade within the
order (suborder Pelecani). The relationships...
- 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...
- and the
extralimital families Scopidae (hamerkop) and
Balaenicipitidae (
shoebill) of Africa.
Elsewhere in the world, the word
refers to what
North Americans...
- Pelecaniformes,
although it was
traditionally placed in Ciconiiformes. The
shoebill is the sole
extant species and its
closest relative is the
hamerkop (Scopus...
-
Pelecani is a
suborder of
birds in the
order Pelecaniformes. It
consists of
shoebills, hamerkops,
pelicans and
their extinct relatives. It is
likely the sister...
- Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (December 2023). "Ibis, spoonbills, herons, Hamerkop,
Shoebill, pelicans". IOC
World Bird List
Version 14.1.
International Ornithologists'...
- the hamerkop, and the
shoebill have now been
transferred into the Pelecaniformes.
Molecular evidence suggests that the
shoebill and the
hamerkop form...
- tarsometatarsus,
showed this bird to be
closely related to the
living shoebill. Its full name is
Goliathia andrewsii, but may be
closely related enough...
- Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Ibis, spoonbills, herons, Hamerkop,
Shoebill, pelicans". IOC
World Bird List
Version 11.2.
International Ornithologists'...
