Balaeniceps rex

A species of large (~ 120 cm) bird, related to pelicans and living mostly in the papyrus marshes of East Africa. The shoebill is the national bird of Uganda.

Also sometimes called the whale-headed stork. Balaeniceps, literally, means "whale-headed".

Other names for the shoebill are:

Apparently, everybody in the world thinks that beak looks like it should be on somebody's foot, rather than adorning the shoebill's head.