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African Openbill
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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. 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]

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  1. ^ a b Template:IUCN2008 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern