Jenjang dan burung perancah (Cranes & Waders)
Shoebill
Balaeniceps rex
- langka
- 32 km/h
- Rentan
Stands motionless for hours, then strikes. That prehistoric stare means your message arrived.
- Populasi
- ~5,000–8,000 individuals total (roughly 3,300–5,300 mature), decreasing
- Habitat
- Extensive, poorly-oxygenated freshwater swamps and seasonally flooded marshes with papyrus, reeds, cattails, and mixed aquatic vegetation; occasionally rice fields and flooded plantations
- Fakta menarik
- The Shoebill's massive, shoe-shaped bill can exceed 20 cm and is powerful enough to snap up and even decapitate lungfish and small crocodiles in a single strike.
- Sebaran
- East-central tropical Africa across nine countries: South Sudan (Sudd — stronghold, roughly half the global population), Sudan, Uganda, eastern DR Congo, Rwanda, western Tanzania, northern Zambia, with smaller/marginal populations in Ethiopia and Central African Republic; non-migratory
- Makanan
- Primarily fish (lungfish, bichir, tilapia, catfish), also frogs, water snakes, monitor lizards, and occasionally baby crocodiles or small waterbirds, taken via ambush from a motionless stance
- Ukuran
- 1,2 m
- Bentang sayap
- 2,45 m
- Masa hidup
- 25 tahun
