Asian Openbill
Anastomus oscitans
Summary 5
The Asian Openbill or Asian Openbill Stork (Anastomus oscitans) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. This distinctive stork is found mainly in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is greyish white with glossy black wings and tail and the adults have a gap between the arched upper mandible and recurved lower mandible. Young birds are born without this gap which is thought to be an adaptation that aids in the handling of snails, their main prey. Although resident within their range, they make long distance movements in response to weather and food availability.
It is a rare vagrant to Singapore. The first record for Singapore was in Jan 2013.
Fuentes y créditos
- (c) Tan Kok Hui, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por Tan Kok Hui
- (c) Tan Kok Hui, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), https://picasaweb.google.com/107386319100895694067/OurBirdingTrips04?authkey=Gv1sRgCJDz5oS70oSHbg#5840564676876450546
- (c) Tan Kok Hui, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), https://picasaweb.google.com/107386319100895694067/OurBirdingTrips04?authkey=Gv1sRgCJDz5oS70oSHbg#5840564688478594226
- (c) Tan Kok Hui, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), https://picasaweb.google.com/107386319100895694067/OurBirdingTrips04?authkey=Gv1sRgCJDz5oS70oSHbg#5840564700337698802
- Adaptado por Tan Kok Hui del trabajo de (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastomus_oscitans
