Shoebill: Difference between revisions

|appearance=Shoebill wears a somewhat militaristic uniform that is mostly gray with black on the fringes. Her main uniform consists of shorts, a shirt with two breast pockets, and a white tie. She also wears gray leggings, gray sleeved gloves, black fingerless gloves on her hands, and black boots. Her hair is the same shade of gray as her clothing and covers part of her yellow eyes, making them look slanted. Her hair also has two other features that resemble a real shoebill-a small tuft of hair in the back and a section in the front that is tied and colored yellow to resemble a shoebill beak. She has large wings on her head that transition from gray to black at the tips and a shoebill tail.

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|reallife=[[File:Shoebill_InRealLife_Couple_Brush.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|left|A pair of shoebills wading through foliage.]]

The shoebill, also known as the whalehead or whalebill, is a large wading bird species indigenous to the wetlands of eastern-central Africa, named for its massive bill said to resemble a shape of a shoe. Despite visual similarities to storks of the order Ciconiiformes, among which the shoebills were formerly classified—resulting in the common names of "shoebill stork" and "whalehead stork", among others—modern investigations have revealed that the closest relatives of the shoebill are the Pelecaniformes: the pelicans, herons, and hamerkop. Within Pelecaniformes, the shoebill forms its own genus, ''Balaeniceps'' (from Latin ''balaena'', meaning 'whale', and the suffix ''-ceps'' meaning 'headed'), of which it is the only extant member. Adult shoebills typically fall between 43 and 55 inches (110 to 140 cm) in height, and average out at 11 to 12 lb in weight (5.6 to 4.9 kg). Being that they are large birds, their wingspans can range from an impressive 7 ft 7 in to 8 ft 6 in (230 to 260 cm) and are built for soaring. The shoebill's eyes are typically a striking yellow, and the waterproof plumage of adult birds is often described as being blue-grey in color, with darker grey feathers in areas such as the wings. Its huge bill—the third longest among all known extant birds, at a great 7.4 to 9.4 in (18.8 to 24 cm)—may be described as anywhere from gold to yellow to pinkish in hue. They also boast similarly large feet, which may aid in their water-wading lifestyle, potentially offering them improved balance and sufficient area distribution to be able to stand on floating vegetation.

Shoebills rarely vocalize, potentially exerting croaks, whines, and low-pitched tones when they do, but they are better known for 'bill-clattering', in which the bill is rapidly clacked to produce a loud clattering sound sometimes compared to automated gunfire. These birds are known to be generally docile around humans, making them fairly suited to zoo environments, though successful breeding is rare. Their size, demeanor and relative intelligence makes them popular for birdwatchers and zoo patrons alike to observe.

|trivia=[[File:Shoebill eyes behind the bangs.jpeg|thumb|upright=0.6|left|Official concept art shows the look of Shoebill's eyes beneath her bangs. Photo taken by a [https://twitter.com/chorow_hasibiro/status/1137680917940490240?s=20&t=WatC0vXq1ojtFIPT5AI75w Japanese fan] at the photo area of the exhibition "Kemono Friends World", 2019.]]

* The official concept art reveals that beneath her bangs, Shoebill in fact has large eyes.