Aves · Pelecaniformes
Shoebill
Balaeniceps rex
Prehistoric-looking, tall wading bird of dense, poorly oxygenated freshwater papyrus swamps and seasonal floodplains.
- Realm
- Freshwater
- Conservation status
- VUVulnerable
Data provenance
This range is an occurrence-derived learning extent, not an official assessment range map. See the methodology page for the complete pipeline. GBIF.org occurrence density (GBIF Maps API v2) · 1° global raster; derived from GBIF per-cell occurrence density, vagrant-trimmed by a cumulative record-count threshold, morphologically closed, small-and-distant components pruned, clipped to a Natural Earth 1:110m realm mask.
Method and version Evidence snapshot
A sample of openly-licensed occurrence records retained after quality filtering. 1468 licence-filtered records across 22 1° cells, retrieved 2026-08-24.
Inspect on GBIFRetained datasets (4)
- GBIF mediated dataset (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode)
- GBIF mediated dataset (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode)
- GBIF mediated dataset (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode)
- Southern African Bird Atlas Project 2 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode)