Editing Asian openbill (section)

{{Short description|Species of bird}}
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Anastomus oscitans'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22697661A93628985 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22697661A93628985.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref>
| image = Pair of Asian openbill (Anastomus oscitans) by Shantanu Kuveskar.jpg
| image_caption = Pair (India)
| taxon = Anastomus oscitans
| authority = ([[Pieter Boddaert|Boddaert]], 1783)
| range_map = Asian Openbill.JPG
| range_map_caption = {{legend0|#C6514A|range|outline=gray}}
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The '''Asian openbill''' or '''Asian openbill stork''' ('''''Anastomus oscitans''''') is a large wading [[bird]] in the [[stork]] family [[Ciconiidae]]. This distinctive stork is found mainly in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is greyish or white with glossy black wings and tail. Adults have a gap between the arched upper mandible and recurved lower mandible which is thought to be an adaptation that aids in the handling of [[snail]]s, their main [[predation|prey]]. Young birds are born without this gap.   Although resident within their [[range (biology)|range]], they make long distance movements in response to weather and food availability.