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The diet includes molluscs, frogs and large insects. | The diet includes molluscs, frogs and large insects. | ||
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| + | #[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Openbill_Stork Wikipedia] | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Anastomus+oscitans}} | {{GSearch|Anastomus+oscitans}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Anastomus]] | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Anastomus]] | ||
Revision as of 23:07, 4 January 2009
Alternative name: Asian Openbill Stork.
- Anastomus oscitans
Identification
68cm. White, black wing flight feathers, red legs and dull yellow-grey bill. The mandibles do not meet except at the tip, and this gives rise to the species' name. Non-breeding adults are off-white. Young birds have brown tinge to the plumage.
Distribution
Southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to Southeast Asia.
Taxonomy
Monotypic.
Habitat
Wetlands.
Behaviour
They build stick nest in trees, 2-6 eggs are laid.
The diet includes molluscs, frogs and large insects.
