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Openbill Stork
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Anastomus
- Order: Ciconiiformes
- Family: Ciconiidae
The name Anastomus is from the Ancient Greek anastomoō meaning "to furnish with a mouth" or "with mouth wide-opened".
The mandibles of these birds do not meet except at the tip, or there is a gap between the arched upper mandible and recurved lower mandible.1/ Asian openbill or Asian openbill stork (Cò nhạn, Cò ốc, Anastomus oscitans)
The specific epithet oscitans is the Latin word for "yawning".Ciconiiformes, Ciconiidae: from Latin ciconia for stork.