Shoebill

Domain: Eukaryota

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Pelecaniformes

Family: Balaenicipitidae

Genus: Balaeniceps

Species: Balaeniceps rex

Descendant: other birds

Named by: John Gould

Year Published: 1850

Size: between 43 and 55 inches (110 and 140 cm) tall, with some reaching up to 60 inches (152 cm) and boasting a wingspan of 7.5 to 8.5 feet (230 to 260 cm)

Lifespan: 35–50 years

Activity: Diurnal 🌅

Thermoregulate: Endotherm

Type: 

• Reptiles (Archosaurs)

• Birds (Pelecaniformes)

Title(s): 

• none

Other Name(s)/Alias(es): 

• Whale-headed stork

• Shoe-billed stork

Pantheon: 

• Terran/Gaian 🇺🇳

Time Period: Miocene?–Holocene

Alignment: Docile

Threat Level: ★★★

Diet: Carnivorous 🥩🥓🐟🪲 

Elements: Water 🌊, Air 🌬️

Inflicts: Stench 💩, Mudded 🟤, Vomitblight 🤮, Bubbleblight 🫧

Weaknesses: Rock 🪨, Electric ⚡, Ice ❄️

Casualties: 

• none

Based On: 

• Itself

Conservation Status: Vulnerable (VU) – IUCN Red List

John Gould very briefly described it in 1850 from the skin of a specimen collected on the upper White Nile by the English traveller Mansfield Parkyns. Gould provided a more detailed description in the following year. He placed the species in its own genus Balaeniceps and coined the binomial name Balaeniceps rex. The genus name comes from the Latin words balaena "whale", and caput "head", abbreviated to -ceps in compound words. Alternative common names are whalebill, shoe-billed stork and whale-headed stork.

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• Movement Pattern: Not a Migrant/Full Migrant/Random

• Individual Type: Solo/Group/Random

• Population Trend: Unknown/Unspecific/Stable/Decreased/Increased

• Population: none

• Locomotion: Terrestrial/Amphibious/Aquatic/Buoyancy/Airborne

• Habitat: Polar; Tundra; Taiga; Montane Grasslands and Shrublands; Temperate Coniferous Forests; Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests; Temperate Deciduous Forests; Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Subtropical Coniferous Forests; Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests; Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests; Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Salt Flats; Stone Forest; Tropical Coniferous Forests; Tropical Moist Broadleaf Forests; Tropical Dry Broadleaf Forests; Tropical Grasslands; Tropical Savannas and Shrublands; Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub; Mushroom Forests; Mushroom Fields; Deserts and Xeric Shrublands; Badlands; Flooded Grasslands and Savannas; Swamp; Bayous/Billabongs; Riparian; Wetland; Mangrove Forest; Cold Bamboo Forests; Tropical Bamboo Forests; Air-breathing Coral Reefs; Graveyard Vale; Mountain; Sky; Warm River; Cold River; Lukewarm River; Subterranean River; Warm Pond; Cold Pond; Aquifer; Warm Littoral; Cold Littoral; Warm Intertidal; Cold Intertidal; Kelp Forest; Coral Reef; Barrier Reef; Guyot; Neritic Zone (Warm); Neritic Zone (Cold); Pelagic Zone (Warm); Pelagic Zone (Cold); Benthic Zone; Abyssal Zone; Hadal Zone; Hydrothermal Vent; Brine Pool; Cold Seep; Demersal Zone; Karst Cave; Karst Spring; Lush Cavern; Crystal Cave; Magnetic Cave; Radiated Vale; Radiated Citadel; Lava Tube; Volcano; Lava Trench; Basalt Delta; Warm Ghost Town; Cold Ghost Town; Ruined Skyscraper; Crimson Forest; Warped Forest; Soul Vale; Corruption Grove; Ender Plains; Ender Islands; Vinohia Zone; Jotunheim Zone; Moon; Martian Plains; Martian Karst; Martian Polar; Martian Highlands; Jupiter's Sky; Asteroid's Belt; Outer Space; Muspelheim Zone; Pandemonium; Asgard; Heaven.

• Earth: 

  • Extant: none

  • Extinct: none

• Berbania/Hirawhassa: 

  • Extant: none

  • Extinct: none

• Reinachos/Ityosel: 

  • Extant: none

  • Extinct: none

• Thatrollwa/Delphia: 

  • Extant: none

  • Extinct: none

• Sawintir/Everrealm: 

  • Extant: none

  • Extinct: none

• Agarathos: 

  • Extant: none

  • Extinct: none

• Jotunheim: 

  • Extant: none

  • Extinct: none

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Past and Present Incidents - Individuals

• Terran/Gaian

  • n/a

• Berbanian/Hirawhassan

  • n/a

• Reinachos/Ityoselese

  • n/a

• Delphian/Thatrollwan

  • n/a

• Sawintiran

  • n/a 

• Jotunheim

  • n/a

The Recollections of Queen Arianna - Individuals

• Terran/Gaian

  • n/a

• Berbanian/Hirawhassan

  • n/a

• Reinachos/Ityoselese

  • n/a

• Delphian/Thatrollwan

  • n/a

• Sawintiran

  • n/a

• Jotunheim

  • n/a

See also: none

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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoebill

• https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22697583/133840708