Shoebill Balaeniceps rex Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (24)
- Monotypic
Andrew Elliott, Ernest Garcia, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 3, 2014
Text last updated June 3, 2014
Sign in to see your badges
Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Skoenbekooievaar |
| Bulgarian | Китоглава чапла |
| Catalan | bec d'esclop |
| Czech | člunozobec africký |
| Dutch | Schoenbekooievaar |
| English | Shoebill |
| English (United States) | Shoebill |
| Finnish | kenkänokka |
| French | Bec-en-sabot du Nil |
| French (France) | Bec-en-sabot du Nil |
| German | Schuhschnabel |
| Icelandic | Skónefur |
| Japanese | ハシビロコウ |
| Norwegian | treskonebb |
| Polish | trzewikodziób |
| Russian | Китоглав |
| Serbian | Cipelokljuna roda |
| Slovak | člnozobec veľký |
| Slovenian | Čevljekljun |
| Spanish | Picozapato |
| Spanish (Spain) | Picozapato |
| Swedish | träskonäbb |
| Turkish | Pabuç Gagalı Leylek |
| Ukrainian | Китоголов |
Balaeniceps rex Gould, 1850
PROTONYM:
Balaeniceps Rex
Gould, 1850. The Athenæum. Journal of Literature, Science, and the Fine Arts no.1207, p.1315.
TYPE LOCALITY:
upper White Nile.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- BALAENICEPS
- rex
- Rex
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Shoebill
