Balaeniceps rex

Balaeniceps rex, Entebbe, Uganda

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pelecani

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Cladus: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crocopoda Cladus: Archosauriformes Cladus: Eucrocopoda Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Orionides Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Neocoelurosauria Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Avialae Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Euornithes Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Ornithurae Classis: Aves Infraclassis: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Cladus: Phaethoquornithes Cladus: Aequornithes Ordo: Pelecaniformes Subordo: Pelecani

Familia: Balaenicipitidae
Genus: Balaeniceps
Species: Balaeniceps rex

Name

Balaeniceps rex Gould, 1850

• Type locality: upper White Nile.

References

• Gould,J. 1850. Exhibition and description of a new form in birds obtained from the interior of Africa. The Athenaeum. Journal of English and Foreign Literature, Science, and the Fine Arts 1207: Internet archive p. 1315 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Balaeniceps rex  (Vulnerable)

Vernacular names

• Afrikaans: Skoenbekooievaar
• čeština: Člunozobec africký
• Deutsch: Schuhschnabel
• English: Shoebill
• español: Picozapato
• فارسی: لک‌لک نیل
• suomi: Kenkänokka
• français: Bec-en-sabot
• italiano: Becco a scarpa
• Nederlands: Schoenbekooievaar
• polski: Trzewikodziób
• português: bico-de-sapato
• ไทย: นกกระสาปากพลั่ว
• Türkçe: Pabuçgaga
• 中文: 鯨頭鸛

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