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Asian openbill stork (Anastomus oscitans)
Subject: Asian openbill stork (Anastomus oscitans)
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Asian openbill stork (Anastomus oscitans)


The Asian openbill stork is a broad-winged soaring bird, which relies on moving between thermals of hot air for sustained flight.

Like all storks, it flies with its neck outstretched.

It is relatively small for a stork at 68cm length.

Breeding adults are all white except for the 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 have the white of the plumage replaced by off-white.

Young birds have brown tinge to the plumage.

Asian openbill
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