Shoebill strock

Shoebill strock

Shoebill strock is a bird of prey . It eats fish , small birds and also prehistoric African lungfish . It has long legs.

Taxonomy and systematics

The dispute has turned out to be mainly one of where to draw the boundary between Ciconiiformes and Pelecaniformes, or whether to draw it at all. Sincecormorants and relatives are probably not actually Pelecaniformes, a solution adopted by some modern authors is to merge the "core" Pelecaniformes with the Ciconiiformes. 

Distribution and habitat

More isolated records have been reported of Shoebills in Kenya, theCentral African Republic, northern Cameroon, southwestern Ethiopia, Malawi. Vagrant strays to the Okavango Basin, Botswana and the upper Congo River have also been sighted. The distribution of this species seem to largely coincide with that of papyrus and lungfish.

Behavior and ecology

Shoebills are largely piscivorous but are assured predators of a considerable range of wetland vertebrates. Preferred prey species have reportedly included Marbled lungfish (Protopterus aethiopicus) and Senegal Bichir (Polypterus senegalus) as well as various Tilapia species and catfish, the latter mainly in the genus Clarias. Other prey eaten by this species has includedfrogs, water snakes, Nile monitors (Varanus niloticus) and baby crocodiles.

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