Definition of Shoebills. Meaning of Shoebills. Synonyms of Shoebills

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Definition of Shoebills

Shoebill
Shoebill Shoe"bill`, n. (Zo["o]l.) A large African wading bird (Bal[ae]niceps rex) allied to the storks and herons, and remarkable for its enormous broad swollen bill. It inhabits the valley of the White Nile. See Illust. (l.) of Beak.

Meaning of Shoebills from wikipedia

- surface water level. Immature shoebills abandon nesting sites which increased in the surface water level whereas adult shoebills abandon nesting sites which...
- 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...
- 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...
- from the Banjo-Kazooie series Loftwings, flying mountable birds based on shoebills featured in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Mockingjay, central bird...
- wading birds such as goliath herons, hammerkops, marabou storks, and shoebills, as well as kingfishers, pelicans, ospreys, and other fish eagles, which...
- Pelecaniformes, although it was traditionally placed in Ciconiiformes. The shoebill is the sole extant species and its closest relative is the hamerkop (Scopus...
- and the extralimital families Scopidae (hamerkop) and Balaenicipitidae (shoebill) of Africa. Elsewhere in the world, the word refers to what North Americans...
- 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...
- 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'...