Openbill stork

Openbill storks
	African openbill by Huet & Prêtre
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Ciconiiformes
Family:	Ciconiidae
Genus:	Anastomus; Bonnaterre, 1791
Type species
	Ardea oscitans; Boddaert, 1783
Species
	Anastomus lamelligerus; Anastomus oscitans;
Synonyms
	Hians Lacepede, 1799; Rhynchochasme Hermann, 1804; Empharis Rafinesque, 1815 (Nom. Nov.); Apertirostra Drapiez, 1822; Chaenoramphe Dumont, 1817; Chaenoramphus Thon, 1830 (Emend.); Chenoramphus Gray, 1848 (Emend.); Hiator Reichenbach, 1852-53;

The openbill storks or openbills are two species of stork (family Ciconiidae) in the genus Anastomus. They are large wading birds characterized by large bills, the mandibles of which do not meet except at the tip. This feature develops only in the adults. Both species feed predominantly on molluscs. The roof of the upper bill is fringed with plate-like structures ("lamellae") in the African openbill, but these are absent in the Asian openbill.^[2]^[3]

^ "Ciconiidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
^ Beddard, F. E. (1901). "Some Notes upon the Anatomy and Systematic Position of the Ciconiine Genus Anastomus". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 70 (2): 365–371. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1901.tb08551.x.
^ Kahl, MP (1971). "Food and feeding behavior of Openbill Storks". Journal of Ornithology. 112 (1): 21–35. Bibcode:1971JOrni.112...21K. doi:10.1007/BF01644077. S2CID 1484358.

[HM4-1] "Ciconiidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-27.

[2] Beddard, F. E. (1901). "Some Notes upon the Anatomy and Systematic Position of the Ciconiine Genus Anastomus". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 70 (2): 365–371. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1901.tb08551.x.

[3] Kahl, MP (1971). "Food and feeding behavior of Openbill Storks". Journal of Ornithology. 112 (1): 21–35. Bibcode:1971JOrni.112...21K. doi:10.1007/BF01644077. S2CID 1484358.

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