The largest population of wild shoebills live in Uganda where a record of 1000. In addition, the big bird doesnвЂ™t migrate and has very limited seasonal movement due to food availability, habitat changes, and human disturbances. Although there have been sightings of the stork in the surrounding countries like Kenya, Ethiopia, and more. They can be found in Southern Sudan, Western Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, and the Northern parts of Zambia. They are predominantly found in the freshwater swamps of the central and eastern countries. The shoebill is endemic to Africa, meaning the bird is regularly found there. Shoebills live in African countries such as Uganda and Rwanda Commonly, the larger birds will force the smaller bird, its own offspring, to flee from the nest and live independently. As a result, when more than one is born in the same nest, the birds have been known to compete with each other for their motherвЂ™s attention. As they are solitary creatures, shoebills prefer to be alone and therefore have territorial behaviors. This is more common than you think among larger birds. Young shoebill storks will often attack each other And it is this sharp curve that is used to pierce through the bodies of their prey, which can sometimes be other birds. The tip of their beak curves down to form a hook.

The shape of their beak has evolved all stork species to assist them in eating small fish and other animals in a single gulp. And as a result, it was given the name вЂshoebillвЂ™, and resembles that of a baleen whale hence the nickname вЂWhalehead.вЂ™ Beautiful, dangerous, and definitely odd.The birdвЂ™s beak is the 3rd longest out of any species in the world, stretchingВ up 24cm in length and 20cm in width it can be more than a quarter the size of their bodies. ItвЂ™s hard to look at the bird in action and not be in awe. Videos of the Shoebill show off its intelligence and eerie call. The ShoebillвЂ™s height matches the Jiraba, that some list as the 10th tallest bird species. The main threats to the impressive bird are habitat destruction, disturbance, and hunting. With population estimates anywhere from 5,000 to 8,000 in swamps in Sudan, Uganda, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zambia, as well as alagarasi wetlands in Tanzania, Birdlife International classifies the Shoebill as Vulnerable. But the truly strange thing about these birds is the noise they make, and how those intelligent eyes and eerie clunk of its bill can send shivers down your spine, harkening back to raptor calls from the Jurassic Park movies. Shoebills have blue-grey plumage, huge, shoe-like bills and long, thin legs. from the egg IMMY, the shoebill stork, was going under the anesthetic.

Its beak ends in a sharp point that can decapitate prey with a snap. Note the position of the body i' X 7ATCHFUL as a mother bird over its nest. The bird looks similar to a stork, but can be easily told apart by its famous shoe-shaped beak.The shoebill lives in East Africa, in parts of Sudan, Ethiopia, DR. Living primarily in African swamp lands, Shoebills exist of a diet of mostly fish and small wildlife, deposing of water and vegetation captured along with prey through the sides of its bill. The shoebill, Balaeniceps rex, is also called the whalehead, whale-headed stork, or shoe-billed stork.It is a bird in the order Pelecaniformes.It is the only living species in the genus Balaeniceps and the family Balaenicipitidae. While once called storks, theyвЂ™re actually classified as pelicans. Shoebill Storks are like something out of Jurassic Park.

Shoebill stork noise