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Definition of whale-headed stork in English: whale-headed storknoun An African stork with grey plumage and a very large bill shaped like a clog. Balaeniceps rex, the only member of the family Balaenicipitidae Also called shoebill Example sentencesExamples - It is the whale-headed stork which was in cactus Park of Izu.
- The shoebill is also referred to as the whale-headed stork and both of these common names reflect the distinct broad bill this bird possesses.
- Northern hartebeest, wild ass, mountain zebra, whale-headed stork, bald-headed ibis, white-breasted guinea fowl and all elephants with tusks no heavier than five kilograms.
- The shoebill (also known as the shoe-billed stork or whale-headed stork) is native to the upper reaches of the White Nile in Uganda.
- The big attraction here is the chance to see the unusual and rare shoebill (sometimes known as the whale-headed stork).
- The bill of the whale-headed stork of freshwater swamps in Africa, from Sudan down through Zaire, is thick, rounded, spotted, and hooked on the end.
- Perhaps the most bizarre is the whale-headed stork, with a massive hooked bill used for extracting mudfish from the swamp bed.
- View crocodiles, hippos and birds such whale-headed stork and the ever-present fish eaglelazing around on the banks of the Nile.
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