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Baker, N. E. 1996. Tanzania waterbird count - January 1995: the first coordinated count of the major wetlands of Tanzania.
Briggs, P. 2007. Top billing: Shoebill. Africa - Birds & Birding 12(1): 50-54.
Collar, N. J.; Stuart, S. N. 1985. Threatened birds of Africa and related islands: the ICBP/IUCN Red Data Book. International Council for Bird Preservation, and International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Cambridge, U.K.
del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A.; Sargatal, J. 1992. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 1: Ostrich to Ducks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.
Dinesen, L.; Baker, M. 2006. Status of Shoebill Balaeniceps rex in Malagarasi, Tanzania. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 13: 37-44.
Dodman, T. 2013. International Single Species Action Plan for the Conservation of the Shoebill Balaeniceps rex. Bonn, Germany.
Fay, M.; Elkan, P.; Marjan, M.; Grossmann, F. 2007. Aerial Surveys of Wildlife, Livestock, and Human Activity in and around Existing and Proposed Protected Areas of Southern Sudan, Dry Season 2007. In: Wildlife Conservation Society (ed.), Southern Sudan Technical Report.
Guillet, A. 1978. Distribution and conservation of the shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) in the southern Sudan. Biological Conservation 13: 39-49.
Guillet, A. 1979. Aspects of the foraging behaviour of the shoebill. Ostrich 50: 252-255.
Hancock, J. A.; Kushlan, J. A.; Kahl, M. P. 1992. Storks, ibises and spoonbills of the world. Academic Press, London.
Howell, P.; Lock, M.; Cobb, S. 1988. The Jonglei Canal: impact and opportunity. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
John, J. R. M.; Nahonyo C. L.; Lee, W. S.; Msuya, C. A. 2012. Observations on nesting of shoebill Balaeniceps rex and wattled crane Bugeranus carunculatus in Malagarasi wetlands, western Tanzania. Afr. J. Ecol. 51: 184-187.
Mullers R.H.E.; Amar A. 2015a. Shoebill Balaeniceps rex foraging behaviour in the Bangweulu Wetlands, Zambia. Ostrich 81: 113-118.
Mullers R.H.E.; Amar A. 2015b. Parental nesting behavior, chick growth and breeding success of Shoebills (Balaeniceps rex) in the Bangweulu Wetlands, Zambia. Waterbirds 38: 1-9.
Mullers, R. H. E. 2014. Management Plan 2015-2019. Conservation of Shoebills (Balaeniceps rex) in the Bangweulu Wetlands, Zambia. Bangweulu Wetlands Management Board, Lusaka, Zambia.
Ngwenyama, D. 2012. Raising Bwalya: challenges of Shoebill conservation in Bangweulu Swamps. Birdwatch Zambia 42(9): 9-10.
Nikolaus, G. 1987. Distribution atlas of Sudan's birds with notes on habitat and status. Zoologischesforschungs Institut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn.
Renson, G. 1998. Observations sur la reproduction du Bec-en-sabot Balaeniceps rex en Zambie de 1992 à 1997. Alauda 66: 81-96.
Rose, P.M.; Scott, D.A. 1997. Waterfowl population estimates. Wetlands International, Wageningen, Netherlands.
Roxburgh, L.; Buchanan, G. M. 2010. Revising estimates of the Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) population size in the Bangweulu Swamp, Zambia, through a combination of aerial surveys and habitat suitability modelling. Ostrich 81(1): 25-30.
Roxburgh, L.; Stjernstedt, B.; Mwizabi, D.; Droppelmann, K. 2006. Technical report: Shoebill survey in Bangweulu Swamps, Zambia under the Wetlands International AEWA/BUWAL IWC 2006.
Wetlands International. 2002. Waterbird population estimates. Wetlands International, Wageningen, Netherlands.
IUCN SSC Stork, Ibis and Spoonbill Specialist Group
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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Shoebill Balaeniceps rex. Downloaded from
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