Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A stork of the genus Anastomus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A bird of the genus Anastomus, allied to the stork; -- so called because the two parts of the bill touch only at the base and tip. One species inhabits India, another Africa. Called also
open-beak . SeeIllust. (m), underbeak .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Either of two
species ofbird in thegenus Anastomus of thestork familyCiconiidae , with a distinctive gap between themandibles of the closed bill.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun stork with a grooved bill whose upper and lower parts touch only at the base and tip
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Sajnakhali area contains a wealth of water birds, noteworthy residents including Asian openbill stork Anastomus oscitans, black-necked stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus, greater adjutant Leptoptilos dubius (E), white ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus, swamp francolin Francolinus gularis, white-collared kingfisher Halcyon chloris, black-capped kingfisher H. pileata and brown-winged kingfisher Pelargopsis amauroptera.
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The area continues to support possibly the largest known concentration of the globally near-threatened Asian openbill (Anastomus oscitans), currently scattered in four or five colonies in the ecoregion and thought to number more than 10,000 pairs.
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India, Sri Lanka and some Southeast Asian countries are the habitat of these openbill storks.
1000 Openbill Stork Killed As Century Old Banyan Tree Collapses 2008
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The natural depression that forms the park becomes a shallow lake in summer, providing a home for openbill storks, white ibises and Sarus cranes, among other birds.
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Thousands of openbill storks in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya's Phak Hai district have died, with avian influenza thought to be a possible cause.
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Undiagnosed deaths, avian - Thailand: (PN) openbill stork, RFI
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A vast wasteland in tambon Khok Chang of Ayutthaya is home to tens of thousands of Asian openbill storks [_Anastomus oscitans_, Order Ciconiiformes, Family Ciconiidae.] ...
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Over 440 different birds have been recorded at Chitwan, including the Indian peafowl, the tuneful blackheaded oriole, the openbill stork -- and, well, 437 others.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009
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These birds arrive by the thousands every year and include plovers (Mongolian plover [Charadrius mongolus]), sandpipers (spoon-billed sandpiper [Eurynorhynchus pygmeus]), black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa), Eurasian curlew (N. arquata), Temminck's stint (C. temminckii), and Asian openbill stork (Anastomus oscitans).
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The reed beds are important sites for waterfowl, and the habitats provide feeding grounds for the eastern sarus crane (Grus antigone), the near-endemic giant ibis (Pseudibis gigantea), white-shouldered ibis (P. davisoni), glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus), black-headed ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus), Asian openbill (Anastomus oscitans), and possibly the lesser adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus) (Table 1).
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