African Shoebill Stork picks up a Duck

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Subject:	African Shoebill Stork picks up a Duck
Poster:	Phoby (phoby@notmyphoto.com)

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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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