Balaeniceps

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proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Balaenicipitidae — the shoebill or whalehead.

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Notable mountain forest birds are the Rwenzori turaco, Musophaga johnstoni and the handsome francolin, Francolinus nobilis; also the forest ground thrush Turdus oberlaenderi and the shoebill Balaeniceps rex.

Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo 2009
They support the largest population of shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) in Africa with an estimated population of roughly 5,000.

Saharan flooded grasslands 2008
The phylogenetic affinities of the Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex).

Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006
The _Balaeniceps rex_, elsewhere rare, is found here in large numbers.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
The shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) is a large bird (4 feet tall, wingspan of 7.7 feet) that hails from tropical east Africa.

Clipmarks | Live Clips 2009
The Shoebill Stork (Balaeniceps rex), a Status Report.

Zambezian flooded grasslands 2008
Other globally threatened species recorded in this ecoregion include wattled crane (Bugeranus carunculatus, VU), which has its main breeding populations in the wetlands of Zambia, including the Kafue Flats and the Bangweulu and Busanga swamps, corncrake (Crex crex, VU), lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni, VU), great snipe (Gallinago media) and shoebill stork (Balaeniceps rex).

Zambezian flooded grasslands 2008