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The unmistakable, prehistoric-looking Shoebill Stork - Balaeniceps rex; is one of the most impressive birds to be found in Africa. A mysterious inhabitant of impenetrable marshes, indeed the shoebill’s defiantly unusual appearance this bird has baffled taxonomists. The shoebills range is a broken distribution in tropical east Africa from Sudan and western Ethiopia to Zambia.

Reddit's home for Shoebill pics, gifs, videos and more.

The Shoebill Stork is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. There are an estimated 5,000-8,000 individuals left in the wild.

More information on the status of the Shoebill Stork can be found in the 2013 International Single Species Action Plan for the Conservation of the Shoebill (PDF)

Shoebill Stork Wikipedia page


Never Forget: Three different Shoebill gifs in the top 30 of /r/all at the same time: https://i.imgur.com/CJ4RSDI.png

A day that will live in infamy.


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/r/ShoebillStorks

25,844 Subscribers

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Adorably cute. 💜💜

1 Comment
2023/06/07
14:16 UTC

164

Shoebill

1 Comment
2023/06/07
11:24 UTC

177

my sister saw this shoebill at a zoo in Japan! (OC)

2 Comments
2023/06/04
09:41 UTC

176

Mabamba Swamp, Uganda

0 Comments
2023/06/01
04:08 UTC

164

Shoebilll at the Prague Zoo

0 Comments
2023/05/24
23:54 UTC

253

The Freaky and Formidable Shoebill Stork Is One Strange Bird

6 Comments
2023/05/23
06:07 UTC

98

Great to have a bit of #bird discussion this morning at #Zoom

1 Comment
2023/05/21
05:24 UTC

244

Visited the newly opened Bird Paradise in Singapore for their Shoebills!

4 Comments
2023/05/12
16:52 UTC

384

Night Visit by Nipuni

9 Comments
2023/04/22
01:06 UTC

414

Look at him he’s so silly

8 Comments
2023/04/07
23:17 UTC

98

My girlfriend made this awesome and hilarious bag from a linocut carving!

0 Comments
2023/04/02
18:25 UTC

186

My dad drew this for me!

6 Comments
2023/03/20
22:17 UTC

402

This screenshot woke up my senses

7 Comments
2023/03/20
18:28 UTC

254

I want to pet a fluffy cat's back💕

5 Comments
2023/03/13
00:30 UTC

302

This beauty is perfection❤️

2 Comments
2023/03/12
00:38 UTC

88

Books about Shoebills... (in Japanese) Do you have any recommended books in English?

2 Comments
2023/03/11
12:33 UTC

282

A little Assante.

4 Comments
2023/03/10
23:31 UTC

231

Although they are popularly known as the 'shoebill stork', the shoebill belongs to the same order as pelicans, not stork

4 Comments
2023/03/07
01:27 UTC

285

A lovely tribute to Lutanga.😥🙏

3 Comments
2023/03/03
19:11 UTC

210

this is so adorable yet so sad, i love it

7 Comments
2023/02/24
17:02 UTC

161

watercolor

7 Comments
2023/02/23
01:17 UTC

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