Openbill stork explained

The openbill storks or openbills are two species of stork (family Ciconiidae) in the genus Anastomus. They are large wading birds characterized by large bills, the mandibles of which do not meet except at the tip. This feature develops only in the adults. Both species feed predominantly on molluscs. The roof of the upper bill is fringed with plate-like structures ("lamellae") in the African openbill, but these are absent in the Asian openbill.[1] [2]

Taxonomy

The genus Anastomus was erected by the French naturalist Pierre Bonnaterre in 1791.[3] The type species was subsequently designated as the Asian openbill (Anastomus oscitans).[4] [5] The name Anastomus is from the Ancient Greek αναστομοω anastomoō meaning "to furnish with a mouth" or "with mouth wide-opened".[6]

There are two species of openbilled storks:[7]

Notes and References

  1. Some Notes upon the Anatomy and Systematic Position of the Ciconiine Genus Anastomus. Beddard, F. E. . 1901. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 70. 2 . 365–371. 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1901.tb08551.x .
  2. Journal of Ornithology. 112. 1 . 21–35. 10.1007/BF01644077. Food and feeding behavior of Openbill Storks. Kahl, MP. 1971 . 1971JOrni.112...21K. 1484358.
  3. Book: Bonnaterre . Pierre Joseph . Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre . Vieillot . Louis Pierre . Louis Pierre Vieillot . 1823 . Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature: Ornithologie . Part 1 . fr . Paris . Panckoucke . xciii . Although the title page bears the date of 1823 the section (livraison) containing the description was published in 1791. See: Book: Dickinson . E.C. . Edward C. Dickinson . Overstreet . L.K. . Dowsett . R.J. . Bruce . M.D. . 2011 . Priority! The Dating of Scientific Names in Ornithology: a Directory to the literature and its reviewers . Northampton, UK . Aves Press . 978-0-9568611-1-5 . 78 .
  4. Book: Gray . George Robert Gray . 1841 . A List of the Genera of Birds : with their Synonyma and an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus . 2nd . London . R. and J.E. Taylor . 87 .
  5. Book: Mayr . Ernst . Ernst Mayr . Cottrell . G. William . 1979 . Check-list of Birds of the World . 1 . 2nd . Museum of Comparative Zoology . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 246–247 .
  6. Book: Jobling, James A. . 2010. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm . London . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 46 .
  7. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . 2019 . Storks, frigatebirds, boobies, cormorants, darters . World Bird List Version 9.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 16 July 2019 .

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Openbill stork".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.