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The Asian openbill (Anastomus oscitans) belongs to the family Ciconiidae under the order Ciconiiformes.

Asian openbill taxonomy

The Ciconiidae is the family of large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long, stout bills. The Ciconiidae is the only family presently kept under the order Ciconiiformes.

The family Ciconiidae was first introduced by John Edward Gray, FRS (12 February 1800 – 7 March 1875), a British zoologist, in the year 1840.

The family Ciconiidae contains six genera, viz., Mycteria, Leptoptilos, Jabiru, Ephippiorhynchus, Ciconia and Anastomus.

The genus Anastomus was described by Abbé Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre (1752 – 20 September 1804), a French naturalist, in the year 1791.

The genus Anastomus comprises two extant species, viz., Anastomus oscitans and Anastomus lamelligerus.

The species Anastomus oscitans was first described by Pieter Boddaert (1730 – 6 May 1795), a Dutch physician and naturalist, in the year 1783. The species Anastomus oscitans is a monotypic species.

Taxonomic classification
Binomial name:	Anastomus oscitans
Species:	A. oscitans
Genus:	Anastomus
Subfamily:	-
Family:	Ciconiidae
Order:	Ciconiiformes
Class:	Aves
Phylum:	Chordata
Kingdom:	Animalia

1.Asian openbill - Anastomus oscitans
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2.Asian openbill - Anastomus oscitans
Image by J.M.Garg

3.Asian openbill - Anastomus oscitans
Image by JJ Harrison

4.Asian openbill - Anastomus oscitans
Image by Dhruvaraj S

5.Asian openbill - Anastomus oscitans
Image by Charles J Sharp

6.Asian openbill - Anastomus oscitans
Image by Amila Kanchana

7.Asian openbill - Anastomus oscitans
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8.Asian openbill - Anastomus oscitans
Image by Dr. Raju Kasambe

9.Asian openbill - Anastomus oscitans
Image by David Cook

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1.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anastomus_oscitans_-Ahmedabad,_Gujarat,_India-8.jpg (cropped)
Author: vaidyarupal | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 7/8/18
2.Image source: https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asian_Openbill_(Anastomus_oscitans)_in_Kolkata_I_IMG_0495.jpg (cropped)
Author: J.M.Garg | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 7/8/18
3.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anastomus_oscitans_-_Bueng_Boraphet.jpg (cropped)
Author: JJ Harrison | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 7/8/18
4.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dhruvaraj/6668250117/in/photostream/ (cropped)
Author: Dhruvaraj S | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 7/8/18
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6.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/47455661@N06/5499040267/in/photostream/ (cropped)
Author: Amila Kanchana | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 7/8/18
7.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
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Author: Dr. Raju Kasambe | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 7/8/18
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Author: David Cook | License: CC BY-NC 2.0 as on 7/8/18
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Asian openbill

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The Asian openbill (Anastomus oscitans) belongs to the family Ciconiidae. The Asian openbill is a large wading bird of stork family. The Asian openbill is distributed in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The openbill is found in Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Burma and Thailand.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) had categorized and evaluated these openbills and had listed them as of 'Least Concern'.

The Asian openbill is a large bird, measuring 80 cm in length and 70 cm in height. The bird is greyish white in color with glossy black wings.

It has a forked black tail with purple or greenish sheen. The lower and upper mandibles are arched towards one another with a gap between the curves. The younger birds do not have the gap.

The mandible is greyish with brush like structure in the cutting edges. The relatively short legs are greyish or pinkish.

Indian birds - Asian openbill - Anastomus oscitans

The main feed of openbill is apple snail. They also feed on fish, crabs and frogs. They are seen foraging in flocks in inland wetlands, marshes and ponds. They breed during July to September in northern India and November to March in southern India.

They make platform of nests on half-submerged trees. The nest may have two to four eggs. Both the openbill parents take turn to incubate the eggs.

Biological classification of Anastomus oscitans
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Ciconiiformes
Family:	Ciconiidae
Subfamily:	-
Genus:	Anastomus
Species:	A. oscitans
Binomial name:	Anastomus oscitans
Distribution:	Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia
Feeding habits:	large molluscs, crabs, fish, frogs, shrimps
IUCN status listing:	Least Concern

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