Indian stork-opener [1] ( lat. Anastomus oscitans ) is a bird from the family of storks . It nests in tropical South Asia from India and Sri Lanka to Southeast Asia.
| Indian stork |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
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Anastomus oscitans
( Boddaert , 1783 ) |
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Least ConcernedIUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 22697661 |
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The Indian stork-opener is a large bird with wide wings, which reaches a length of 68 cm, is relatively small for a stork. The plumage is light, from white to silver, the top of the beak diverges, since both halves do not stack together. Adult animals are always completely white and only the feathers of the wings are black, while the legs are red and the beak is yellow-gray. In young birds, the plumage is brown.
The Indian stork-opener uses in flight the ascending currents of hot air. Like all storks, he runs on the ground with his head outstretched forward. It feeds like most storks, mainly snails , frogs , large insects and other small animals, which it catches in shallow water.
Builds nests on trees near ponds. In clutch from 2 to 6 eggs.
- ↑ Boehme R. L. , Flint V. E. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names. Birds. Latin, Russian, English, German, French / Ed. ed. Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. lang., "RUSSO", 1994. - S. 26. - 2030 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00643-0 .
- Richard Grimmett, Carol Inskipp, Tim Inskipp: Birds of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Christopher Helm, London 1998, ISBN 0-691-04910-6
