Balaeniceps rex
date: label: Collection Date
content: 7 Mar 1910
name: label: Collector
content: Edgar A. Mearns
notes: label: Notes
content: Mounted skin cataloged as USNM 216074, trunk skeleton as USNM 19969.
label: Notes
content: Hall 13 Birds of the World: Exhibit Case Birds African Marshes Shoebill Stork
label: Notes
content: This mount and the Male 216075 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: 5 Dec 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Bahr El Ghazal, 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 : 18638
label: Other Numbers
content: Other USNM Catalog Number : 19969
label: USNM Number
content: 216074
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Aves, Ciconiiformes, Balaenicipitidae
physicalDescription: label: Preparation
content: Feather(s)
label: Preparation
content: Skeleton: Partial
label: Preparation
content: Skin: Mounted
label: Remarks
content: two feathers that fell off during exhibit move
label: Remarks
content: trunk
label: Sex
content: Female