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	Topics Asian Openbill Stork Topic Home The Asian Openbill Stork, Anastomus oscitans, is a large wading bird in the storkStork Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long stout bills, belonging to the family Ciconiidae.... family Ciconiidae. It is a resident breeder in tropical southern AsiaFacts About Asia Asia is the largest and most populous continent or region, depending on the definition.... from IndiaIndia India , officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia.... and Sri LankaSri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka , is a tropical island nation off the southeast c... east to Southeast AsiaSoutheast Asia Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically east o... . Sometimes it is referred to as just Asian Openbill. Asian Openbill Stork is a broad-winged soaring bird, which relies on moving between thermals of hot air for sustained flight. Like all storks, it flies with its neck outstretched. It is relatively small for a stork at 68cm length. They breed near inland wetlands and build stick nest in trees, typically laying 2-6 eggsEgg (biology) In most birds and reptiles, an egg is the zygote, resulting from fertilization of the ovum.... . Breeding adults are all white except for the black wing flight featherFeather Feathers are one of the epidermal growths that form the distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on birds.... s, red legs and dull yellow-grey bill. The mandibles do not meet except at the tip, and this gives rise to the species' name. Non-breeding adults have the white of the plumagePlumage Plumage refers both to the layer of feathers that cover a bird and the pattern, colour, and arrangement of those feathers.... replaced by off-white. Young birds have brown tinge to the plumage. The Asian Openbill Stork, like most of its relatives, walks slowly and steadily on the ground, feeding on molluscs, frogFrog The frog is an amphibian in the order Anura .... s and large insectInsect Insects are invertebrates that are taxonomically referred to as the class Insecta.... s. External links Gallery