The Asian openbill or Asian openbill stork (Anastomus oscitans) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. This distinctive stork is found...

plate-like structures ("lamellae") in the African openbill, but these are absent in the Asian openbill. The genus Anastomus was erected by the French naturalist...

of adult A. l. madagascariensis. The Asian openbill (Anastomus oscitans) found in Asia is the African openbill’s closest relative. The two species share...

different common names: two species in the genus Anastomus are known as openbills, two from the genus Leptoptilos are called adjutants, and three species...

especially woolly-necked storks, black-necked storks, Asian openbills and lesser adjutant Storks in south Asia, have adapted to highly modified human habitats...

heronry Asian openbill stork Little egret. Little cormorant Night heron Pond heron The time of formation of heronry is July to December. Asian openbill storks...

shorebirds, gulls, terns, little grebe, Indian cormorant, little cormorant, Asian openbill stork, black-headed ibis, Eurasian spoonbill, lesser whistling teal...

shelduck Northern pintail Common teal Indian spot-billed duck Sarus crane Asian openbill stork Red-breasted flycatcher Black- necked stork Wooly-necked stork...

number of native and exotic birds, including: Alexandrine parakeet Asian koel Asian openbill Barbary dove Barn owl Black-crowned night heron Black-headed ibis...

been observed here. Breeding water birds include the painted stork, Asian openbill stork, common spoonbill, woolly-necked stork, black-headed ibis, black-headed...