Shoebill Skull Replica

Description

Shoebill skull replica measures 11 x 3.1 x 1.8 inches. The Balaeniceps rex skull is a museum-quality polyurethane resin cast of a California Academy of Sciences specimen. 2-part skull (separate cranium and mandible). 1:1 scale. Made in USA.

The Shoebill also known as Whalehead, whale-headed stork, or shoe-billed stork, is a very large stork-like bird. They have a huge, bulbous, straw-colored bill, with erratic grayish markings.

Sharp mandible edges help the Shoebill decapitate their prey and discard any vegetation after catch.

Scientific Classification

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Aves
• Order: Pelecaniformes
• Family: Balaenicipitidae
• Genus: Balaeniceps
• Species: B. rex
• Binomial name: Balaeniceps rex Gould, 1850
  
• Conservation status: Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)

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