Rare Shoebill birds are back at Jurong Bird Park
Bird lovers in Singapore can look forward to seeing the rare Shoebill birds once again at the Jurong Bird Park’s Wetlands exhibit.
The arrival of the Shoebill birds will make Jurong Bird Park the only zoological institution in Southeast Asia where visitors can view the “prehistoric-looking predators”, said the Wildlife Reserve Singapore (WRS) in a Facebook post on Thursday (12 July).
The birds – an 11-year-old male and a 17-year-old female – were flown over from Qatar in June and have been administered health checks as well as vaccinations.
Shoebills were first displayed at Jurong Bird Park in 1995, and its last specimen died in 2015.
Shoebills, which are native to tropical East Africa, are currently categorised as “vulnerable” on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species.
Also known as Balaeniceps rex, shoebills are named after their large shoe-shaped bill, which they use to kill prey such as fish, snakes and amphibians.
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