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African Shoebill Stork picks up a Duck
| Subject: | African Shoebill Stork picks up a Duck
| | Poster: | Phoby (phoby@notmyphoto.com)
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Upload Date: 2005:10:04 22:07:56
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African Shoebill Stork picks up a Duck
POTY 2003 - 4th - Let Me Go
Poster: mark1958a
Camera/ Lens: Canon 1Ds and 300mm/4
Date: Sun Feb 22, 2004
Description: This is an African Shoebill who had picked up a duck who had walked in its path. The duck was eventually let go.
Source: http://www.photos-of-the-year.com/
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Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex)
Scientific Name: Balaeniceps rex Gould, 1850
Common Names:
English – Shoebill, Whale-headed Stork
French – Bec-en-sabot
Spanish – Picozapato
French: Bec-en-sabot du Nil German: Schuhschnabel Spanish: Picozapato
Taxonomy: Balaeniceps rex Gould, 1850, upper White Nile.
Monotypic.
Distribution:
South Sudan and SW Ethiopia to S DRCongo and N Zambia; irregular non-breeding visitor in Central African Republic. |
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