Openbill Stork

The genus Anastomus was erected by the French naturalist Pierre Bonnaterre in 1791. The type species was subsequently designated as the Asian openbill (Anastomus oscitans). The name Anastomus is from the Ancient Greek αναστομοω anastomoō meaning "to furnish with a mouth" or "with mouth wide-opened". There are two species of openbilled storks: and weighing |habitat= |hunting= aquatic snails and fresh water mussels |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies= }} height ( long). |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies= }}