African Openbill

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African Openbill
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Ciconiiformes
Family: Ciconiidae
Genus: Anastomus
Species: A. lamelligerus
Binomial name
Anastomus lamelligerus
Temminck, 1823
Photographed at Entebbe, Uganda


The African Openbill (Anastomus lamelligerus) is a species of stork in the Ciconiidae family.

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[edit] Habitat and distribution

It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.[1]

[edit] Diet

Feeds on aquatic invertebrates (snails and bivalves) and frogs


[edit] References

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2008). Anastomus lamelligerus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 3 February 2009. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

[edit] External links

www.biodiversityexplorer.org


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