Social Structure

Social structure 

Shoebill storks are solitary creatures who rarely interact with each other. They tend to keep their nests from each other and even rarely interact with their mates. Both female and male shoebills do the work with hunting and fending for themselves an also the chicks. You'll only ever see shoebills together in groups of 2-3 which consists of the male and female mates and possibly a chick. Shoebills only interact with eachother during mating season and if food tends to be short. 

Reproduction and Development

Shoebill storks mate yearly and only have 1 mate (monogomous). The mating season for Shoebills will typically be at the start of a dry season so the chicks will be born once the rain comes. Not a lot is documented about the mating rituals but its said that they do a lot of head bobbing and bill clapping with eachother. Shoebills only have one chick per year and even if they do have more than one the chicks will usually eat each other. There is no unique characteristics of their mating thats documented. 

Its a slow process for chicks and their stages of development, but, Their feathers do not fully develop until around 60 days. Shoebill chicks tend to fledge around 95 days but the young cant fly until around 105 days. Parents comntinue to take care of young until they are ready to leave on their own. Typically a shoebill stork will reach sexual maturity around 3-4 years of age. There is no activities and enviornment stages known.