Balaeniceps rex
date: label: Collection Date
content: 7 Mar 1910
name: label: Collector
content: Edgar A. Mearns
label: Expedition
content: Smithsonian African Expedition, 1909-1910
notes: label: Notes
content: Mounted skin cataloged as USNM 216075, trunk skeleton as USNM 19970.
label: Notes
content: Hall 13 Birds of the World: Exhibit Case Birds African Marshes Shoebill Stork
label: Notes
content: This mount and the female 216074 were in the Objects of Wonders exhibit from 2016-2024. Once removed from the exhibit they were placed in the original crate for storage at MSC, but the braces have been altered to minimize plumage flattening around the neck. Photos of the old bracing and new bracing are included in this record. A tag with the USNM number was attached to each specimen.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Nov 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Bahr El Ghazel, Bahr Al Ghazal, Sudan, Africa
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content: Vertebrate Zoology
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content: Birds
publisher: label: Published Name
content: Balaeniceps rex
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Birds Division
identifier: label: Other Numbers
content: Field Number : 18639
label: Other Numbers
content: Other USNM Catalog Number : 19970
label: USNM Number
content: 216075
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Aves, Ciconiiformes, Balaenicipitidae
physicalDescription: label: Preparation
content: Fluid: Partial
label: Preparation
content: Skeleton: Partial
label: Preparation
content: Skin: Mounted
label: Remarks
content: viscera
label: Remarks
content: trunk
label: Sex
content: Male