African Openbill
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| African Openbill | |
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| 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 |
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The African Openbill (Anastomus lamelligerus) is a species of stork in the Ciconiidae family.
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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]
Diet
Feeds on aquatic invertebrates (snails and bivalves) and frogs
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References
- ^ a b BirdLife International (2012). "Anastomus lamelligerus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/106003829. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
External links
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Anastomus lamelligerus |
- www.biodiversityexplorer.org
- African Openbill (Open-billed Stork) - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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