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African openbill stork (Anastomus lamelligerus) feeding in a pond in Chobe National Park, Botswana

Lesser Adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus), giant indonesian bird

African openbill walks down bank to river

The African openbill is a species of stork from the family Ciconiidae. It is widely distributed in Sub-Saharan Africa and western regions of Madagascar. This species is considered common to locally abundant across its range, although it has a patchy distribution. Some experts consider there to be two sub-species, A. l. lamelligerus distributed on the continent and A. l. madagascariensis living on the island of Madagascar.Scientists distinguish between the two sub-species due to the more pronounced longitudinal ridges on the bills of adult A. l. madagascariensis. The Asian openbill (Anastomus oscitans) found in Asia is the African openbill’s closest relative. The two species share the same notably large bill of a peculiar shape that gives them their name.

The African tick (Anastomus lamelligerus) is a species of large bird from the stork family (Ciconiidae). The beak is bright, with a wide hole between the closed halves. Usually sociable, it feeds in open areas and allows itself to be observed closely. With its unusual beak, it crushes the shells of mussels and snails

Wildlife shot of an extremely rare Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) at the shores of Lake Victoria, Uganda. This stork-like waterbird is getting up to a height of 120 cm, outstanding is the unique bill. While the shoebill is called a stork, genetically speaking it is more closely related to the pelican or heron families. The shoebill is could be found in wetlands or swamps in a few regions of Eastern and Central Africa and it is critical endangered.

Open-billed stork at the Chobe Riverfront, Botswana

An African Openbill Stork (Anastomus lamelligerus) with a freshwater snap in its bill. Okavango Delta, Botswana

Portrait of beautiful stork, a small flock of adult Asian woolly-necked stork or Asian woollyneck, low angle view, front shot, in the morning foraging food on the ground of agriculture area in nature of tropical dry forest, national wildlife reserve in northeastern Thailand.

Abdims stork close up at Ngorongoro crater, Tanzania

$Saddle-billed Stork.\nThe saddle-billed stork or saddlebill (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) is a large wading bird in the stork family, Ciconiidae. It is a widespread species which is a resident breeder in sub-Saharan Africa from Sudan, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Kenya south to South Africa, and in The Gambia, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire and Chad in west Africa. It is considered endangered in South Africa.\n\nIt is a close relative of the widespread Asian and Australian black-necked stork, the only other member of the genus Ephippiorhynchus.$

Black African openbill Stork Standing - Latin Name Anastomus lamelligerus - in Chobe National Park, Botswana

Four woolly- necked storks standing on a freshly plowed field looking for food at a organic farm in Telulla in the Uva Province in Sri Lanka

The African openbill stork inhabits a variety of freshwater wetlands south of the Sahara Desert. The species will migrate in search of marshes, swamps, riverbanks, and flooded plains where it feeds on aquatic snails, mussels, crabs, and other creatures. It is named for the open gap in its beak which it uses to grasp to prey and open mollusk shells.

African openbill (Anastomus lamelligerus). Wildlife animal.

Portrait of beautiful adult Asian woolly-necked stork or Asian woollynecked, low angle view, half shot, in the morning foraging on the agriculture area in nature of tropical dry forest, northeastern Thailand.

A young wood stork in south Florida on a drizzly morning

The African Openbill (Anastomus lamelligerus), a striking bird found in Southern Madagascar's wetlands, known for its unique bill adaptation.

Asian open bill stork flying wing positions silhouette black white photograph.

Storks survive in the Los Llanos region of Colombia

Ein Mohrenklaffschnabel (Anastomus lamelligerus) (African openbill) sucht Futter in einem Flußbett in Kenia, Afrika, Ostafrika

Closed up beautiful stock bird, adult Asian woolly-necked stork or Asian woollyneck, low angle view, side shot, in the morning dressing up on the ground of agriculture area in nature of tropical dry forest, national wildlife reserve in northeastern Thailand.

The African woolly-necked stork or African woollyneck (Ciconia microscelis) is a species of large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It breeds singly, or in small loose colonies. It is distributed in a wide variety of habitats including marshes in forests, agricultural areas, and freshwater wetlands across Africa.

A jabiru stork walks through a field while feeding in Costa Rica.

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