Balaeniceps rex
Balaeniceps rex est species permagnarum avium familiae Balaenicipitidarum ordinis Pelicaniformium. Forma generalis formae ciconiarum similis est, et propter hanc morphologiam olim inter ciconiiformes digerebatur; genetica autem indicia eum inter pelecaniformes nunc digerunt. Rostrum est immane, atque aliquantulum calceiforme videtur. Adultus plerumque est canus, cum pulli brunneores essent. In magnis paludinibus in Africa Orientali tropica a Sudania Australi ad Zambiam invenitur.

Classificatio inter pelecaniformes

Classificatio ab International Ornithological Committee die 2 Ianuarii 2012 instituta pelicaniformes cum Balaenicipitidis, Scopidis, Threskiornithidis, et Ardeidis sic digerit.

Notae

Bibliographia
Fain, M. G., et P. Houde. 2004. "Parallel radiations in the primary clades of birds." Evolution 58: 2558–73.
Guillet, A. 1978. "Distribution and Conservation of the Shoebill (Balaeniceps Rex) in the Southern Sudan." Biological Conservation 13 (1): 39–50. doi:10.1016/0006-3207(78)90017-4.
Hackett et al. 2008. "A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History." Science 320, no. 5884 (27 Iunii): 1763–68. doi:10.1126/science.1157704.
John, Jasson, Cuthbert Nahonyo, Woo Lee, et Charles Msuya. 2013. "Observations on nesting of shoebill Balaeniceps rex and wattled crane Bugeranus carunculatus in Malagarasi wetlands, western Tanzania." African Journal of Ecology 51, no 1 (Martius): 184–87. doi:10.1111/aje.12023.
Muir, Allan, et C. E. King. 2013. "Management and husbandry guidelines for Shoebills Balaeniceps rex in captivity." International Zoo Yearbook 47, no.1 (Ianuarius): 181–89. doi:10.1111/j.1748-1090.2012.00186.x.
Tomita, Julie. 2014. "Challenges and successes in the propagation of the Shoebill Balaeniceps rex: with detailed observations from Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo, Florida." International Zoo Yearbook 132 (1): 69–82. doi:10.1111/izy.12038. Editio interretialis.

Nexus externi

"Shoebill tracking on East Africa: Where to see the Elusive whale head in East Africa."
  Imagines et pelliculae Balaenicipitis regis.
 "Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex): BirdLife species factsheet." datazone.birdlife.org.
 "Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) flying bird." www.hbw.com. Pellicula balaenicipitis volantis.

Pelecaniformes
Species animalium
Taxa Gould
Taxa 1850