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Shoebill wingspan4/17/2023 The young shoebill stork birds develop feathers large enough for flying after about 105 days but can fly well at about 112 days. Both the male and female shoebills attentively guard their nestling though the female one is more protective and they feed their young ones in a way that they bring back their swallowed food right from the gullet then they directly place it in the bills of their young ones. The shoebill stork bird lays about one-three eggs that weigh about 164 g and they incubate their eggs for almost 30 days but they rarely raise more than one chick. The built nests are always about1-1.7 meters wide and are also built out of aquatic vegetation. These birds build their nests on floating platforms which are made out of aquatic vegetation and both the male and female shoebills are engaged in this activity of nest building. In the northern and southern regions, nesting starts just after the end of the rainy seasons, but in most central regions the shoebill stork birds start nesting, the period at the end of a wet season so that they can hatch at the beginning of the next wet season. A pair of shoebill birds breeds in an area of about 2-4 square kilometres far away from the other shoebills, they do not nest in colonies like the pelicans, storks, herons and some other birds. Their breeding the lonely nature of the shoebill stork birds also applies to their breeding. Despite their large nature, they often stand and rest on floating vegetation where they always appear just like a Giant Jacana thus The most sought bird in Africa. These birds are always attracted to fresh swamp waters that are poorly oxygenated and where fish frequently appear at the surface for breath. But however, during their search for food and are in a tall grass area, they always seem less frightened of people in case they come around. They normally don’t like any kind of disturbances from humans therefor once they are disturbed by humans, the can even leave there nests and look for habitation elsewhere. The shoebill stork birds are described as statue-like bird species due to the fact that they are fond of standing and staying still for a long period of time. This bird can be identified because of its distinctive features from other bird for example its feathers are medium blue-grey and its tail is the same colour as its wings and when it flies, its legs extend straight back far past its tail, and when you view it at a far distance especially while it’s in its habitat, its size and wingspan make it appear different from other birds. As it flies, its neck draws back in other words, it’s retracted. ![]() The most sought bird in Africa : shoebill is a slow bird that it does not even fly for more than 500 meters depending on each shoebill, their distance of flying ranges between 100m-500m especially due to its large nature and their flapping rate is about 150 flap per minute.
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