/r/ShoebillStorks
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)
Never Forget: Three different Shoebill gifs in the top 30 of /r/all at the same time: https://i.imgur.com/CJ4RSDI.png
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/r/ShoebillStorks
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Shoebill death stare
13:19 UTC
I took my Shoebill to see a shoebill!
11:29 UTC
I freaking love these birds
04:02 UTC
Our project in art class was to make a bird. I obviously attempted to make a shoebill
Ended up looking more like a cross between a duck and a crested penguin, but the intent was a shoebill
15:22 UTC
Shoebill Rider Knight Bocchi ( MOKOLS on Pixiv)
01:47 UTC
my children
06:50 UTC
Bills gonna bill
23:31 UTC
Where do the captive shoebills come from?
I’m sure it depends on the zoo/aquarium, but does anyone know where most of the captive shoebills come from?
Are they mostly bred in captivity or captured from the wild? I know that shoebill parenting is brutal so if they’re captive bred I’m also wondering how zoos might deal with that..
If from the wild, are they taken as babies / eggs / adults?
Photo from Ueno zoo! Not the best shot but oh well
05:31 UTC
Banner for the subreddit
03:51 UTC
Here's the complete skeleton of a Shoebill if you've never seen what it looked like
17:24 UTC
Made this short film about shoebills filmed in Uganda, with info from paleontologist (and bestselling author) Steve Brusatte on whether shoebills truly are "prehistoric," and how they remind him of certain dinosaurs
12:11 UTC
Shoebill plushes at ZooTampa!
23:48 UTC
The shoebill made it on my calendar
I always have calendars from small creators, and this one came from a YouTube channel named Casual Geographic. I did not expect to see the shoebill on here
07:07 UTC
I’m so happy I got to see him [Mandai Bird Paradise, Singapore]
After we decided on going to Singapore, I looked up if there was a shoebill on display here after seeing so many amazing pictures and videos of it the past year or so. Online information was a bit scarce or old on whether there was or wasn’t one on display in Singapore.
Took a chance and came here today and I got so excited to see it on an information card with the flamingoes. I searched everywhere, in all the floor corners… then looked up and saw what I thought might’ve been a statue… but it was him 😍 I watched him for ages then explored the park some more. I came back to find him some 3 hours later and he was still chilling up there!
It’s made my entire holiday! Too bad there was no shoebill merch for sale there.
13:19 UTC
A perfect shoebill clip
13:32 UTC
Someone told my work Secret Santa about my shoebill obsession (and the cat seems to approve)
04:07 UTC