![]() Beautiful, dangerous, and definitely odd. It’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 Shoebill’s height matches the Jiraba, that some list as the 10th tallest bird species. The eye is coloured yellow or whitish-grey. Both genders display similar colouration. These legs end with large toes that help walk through their marshy habitat. The main threats to the impressive bird are habitat destruction, disturbance, and hunting. They stand atop long legs which are bare of feathers and coloured black. 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. Well start off with the largest and ugliest of them all (measuring up to 60in (152cm) in height, a weight of 20 lb (9 kg) and a wingspan of up to 12ft), the. 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. Its beak ends in a sharp point that can decapitate prey with a snap. 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 average shoebill stork can eat up to two kilograms of food per day. This weight can be attributed to the amount of food they eat. The head is large in proportion to the body, and the eyes are also exceptionally large. They are entirely gray, with broad wings and long legs. Shoebill storks can weigh up to 40 pounds (18 kg). Shoebills stand about 115 cm (3.8 feet) tall. Shoebills have a tarsus length of 8. The average height of a shoebill stork is about 11 feet (3 m). Shoebills are tall birds with their height ranging between 110 to 140 cm (43 to 55 in) and some have been recorded to be 152 cm (60 in). While once called storks, they’re actually classified as pelicans. The tallest record-holding shooebill stork was 16.5 feet tall (5 m) and lived in Central Africa. It has broad wings, with an average wingspan between 7.5 8.5 feet (2.2 2.6m). Shoebill Storks are like something out of Jurassic Park. The shoebill averages between 3.5 4.5 feet (1 1.4 meters) in height, and weighs between 9 15.5 pounds (4 7 kg).
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