Shoebill
Balaeniceps rexGould, J, 1850
English (US) Shoebill
The Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Balaenicipitidae (Shoebill) in the order Pelecaniformes.
Range: swamps of South Sudan and southwestern Ethiopia to southern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Zambia; irregular non-breeding visitor in Central African RepublicRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Balaeniceps rex
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Shoebill
- Described by
- Gould, J, 1850
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Balaeniceps Rex
- Described by
- Gould, J, 1850
- Type locality
- upper White Nile.
- Original description
- The Athenæum. Journal of Literature, Science, and the Fine Arts no.1207 p.1315
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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