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Shoebill Stork

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Location: Bomlitz, Heidekreis, Lüneburg Heath, Lower Saxony, Germany

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Sabine 22 🌻

September 27, 2021

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The shoebill, also Abu Markub, is an African bird that used to be assigned to the walking birds, today it is assigned to the Pelecaniformes. The bird, named after its mighty beak, is a resident of swamps. Since its morphology is unique, it is assigned to a family of its own, the Balaenicipitidae. Wikipedia

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August 1, 2023

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"Abu Markub" is the name of the long-legged shoebill in Arabic because of its huge, shoe-shaped beak.

The shoebill has adapted to its favorite food, the lungfish, when catching prey. …

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When it rains heavily, the "shoe beaks" open their wide beaks and catch the rainwater.

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Elevation 90 m

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