The shoebill derives its name from its massive shoe-shaped bill and lives in tropical East Africa in large swamps. The shoebill stork is a bird is endemic to Sub-saharan Africa and endemic to swamps and can only be found in Zambia, Uganda, DR Congo, Tanzania, and Sudan. Other prey eaten by this species includes frogs, water snakes and baby crocodiles. Their preferred food includes marbled lungfish as well as various Tilapia species and catfish. Shoebills are largely piscivorous (animals that feed on fish) but are assured predators of a considerable range of wetland vertebrates. It is such an amazing experience that is attracting many birders in the country,” Musinguzi says.
The shoebill will bow down and greet the visitors and they will be required to respond. “When the visitors get into the exhibit of the shoebill, they undertake what we call the shoebill greeting. The shoebills, Musinguzi says are such a great tourism product the country has which continues to fascinate and attract many tourists. “Someone was trying to smuggle them and it is believe was taking them to Czech Republic,” Mujaasi states. The four others that have not been named yet, and which are aged between six and seven years, were rescued in Mbale with support of Police and the Uganda Wildlife Authority. “Sushi was raised as a pet so he is very used to humans compared to the others,” Mujaasi says. He says Sushi was being kept as a pet by an expatriate who was trying to smuggle him out of the country. The centre’s public relations officer Isaac Mujaasi adds that they were rescued from various places. “A shoebill is a highly endangered bird and at the centre here we have five shoebills we have rescued from illegal captivity,” Musinguzi says. The centre’s executive director James Musinguzi says they have five shoebills which were rescued from illegal captivity.
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Looking at how free Sushi is, it is amazing to learn that this type of bird is under threat from especially human beings. When engaging in these displays, Sushi also utters a cow-like moo as well as high-pitched whines. Muhindo then tells me this is one way of greeting me, and so asks me to do the same. He enjoys eating raw fish,” Mr Muhindo said.Īs I get closer, Sushi clatters his beak as he walks towards me, lowering his head. “We named him basically after the food he enjoys eating. Asked why he was named Sushi, Mr Muhindo said he was given the name because he enjoyed eating fresh fish. He is the oldest we have at the zoo,” Mr Muhindo said. “This one we have this afternoon is called Sushi. He leads me to Sushi’s aviary on the western side. I meet Sushi during my visit to the centre, where I am guided by the centre’s senior animal keeper Nicholas Muhindo. The male shoebill at the Uganda Wildlife Conservation Education Centre commonly known as Entebbe Zoo, is 30 years old. But Sushi seems to wear his name proudly. The name sounds like that which would be given to a female. Sushi is male in as much as many people I tell about him think otherwise.
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