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Shoebill Balaeniceps rex Scientific name definitions

Andrew Elliott, Ernest Garcia, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 3, 2014

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Distribution of the Shoebill - Range Map
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Distribution of the Shoebill

Recommended Citation

Elliott, A., E. F. J. Garcia, and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.shoebi1.01
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