Shoebill, Baleaniceps rex


The rare Shoebill is adapted to a life as a solitary fisherman of the swamps and backwaters of the Nile and other equatorial river systems


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Location: Entebbe Zoological gardens Uganda.
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves; Agfa Awards Winner / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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