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...
- wading birds such as Goliath herons, hammerkops, marabou storks, and shoebills, as well as kingfishers, pelicans, ospreys, and other fish eagles, 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...
- 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...
- Pelecaniformes, although it was traditionally placed in Ciconiiformes. The shoebill is the sole extant species and its closest relative is the hamerkop (Scopus...
- marabou storks, yellow-billed stork, spotted thick-knees, lesser flamingo, shoebills, abdim's stork, hamerkops, hadada ibis, african fish eagles, pink-backed...
- Wolf tells the gang about a legendary treasure belonging to a villainous shoebill stork named Reginald E. Scary, saying that anyone who takes it would be...
- Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (December 2023). "Ibis, spoonbills, herons, Hamerkop, Shoebill, pelicans". IOC World Bird List Version 14.1. International Ornithologists'...
- Shoebill (family: Balaenicipitidae ยท genus: Balaeniceps)...
- Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (December 2023). "Ibis, spoonbills, herons, Hamerkop, Shoebill, pelicans". IOC World Bird List Version 14.1. International Ornithologists'...