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Common Name

African Openbilled Stork

Alternate Names

African Openbill

Common Type

Stork

Order

Ciconiiformes

Family

Ciconiidae

Genus

Anastomus

Species

lamelligerus

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

African Openbilled Stork Madagascar, African Openbilled Stork Malawi

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Resident but will make distant movements for availability of water.

Preferred Habitat

Shallow wetlands wherever its molluscan prey is available

Distribution and Range

Sub Sahara Africa

Food

Aquatic snails and freshwater mussels but will also take frogs, crabs, fish, worms, insects and terrestrial snails.

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