Archive · 27 Jul 2025
Photographer Films 'Dinosaur Bird' in Uganda, Video Goes Viral
A photographer named Gavin Koester filmed a bird called a shoebill stork in Uganda.
He said it looked like a dinosaur.
The video shows the bird hunting and catching a fish called an African lungfish.
Koester shared the video on Instagram.
Many people have watched and liked it, making it very popular online.
The bird was filmed in a swamp called Mabamba Swamp.
Photographer Gavin Koester filmed a shoebill stork in Uganda, calling it a "living dinosaur."
The video shows the shoebill stork hunting and capturing an African lungfish.
Koester shared the video on Instagram, documenting his encounter with the bird.
The video has gone viral, accumulating over 300,000 likes and over a million views.
The encounter took place in Uganda's Mabamba Swamp.
- Who
- Photographer Gavin Koester
- What
- Video footage of a shoebill stork hunting and capturing an African lungfish.
- When
- Earlier this year
- Where
- Mabamba Swamp, Uganda
- Why
- To document the rare encounter with the shoebill stork.
- Photographer
- Gavin Koester
- Bird
- Shoebill stork
- Location
- Mabamba Swamp, Uganda
- Viral Platform
- Likes
- Over 300,000
- Views
- Over 1 million