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{{Short description|Genus of birds}} {{Redirect-distinguish|Anastomus|Anostomus}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = Openbill storks | image = Anastomus lamelligerus 1838, b.jpg | image_caption = [[African openbill]] by Huet & PrΓͺtre | taxon = Anastomus | authority = [[Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre|Bonnaterre]], 1791 | type_species = ''[[Asian openbill|Ardea oscitans]]''<ref name=HM4>{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=23 |title= Ciconiidae |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-27}}</ref> | type_species_authority = Boddaert, 1783 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = * ''[[Anastomus lamelligerus]]'' * ''[[Anastomus oscitans]]'' | synonyms = * ''Hians'' <small>Lacepede, 1799</small> * ''Rhynchochasme'' <small>Hermann, 1804</small> * ''Empharis'' <small>Rafinesque, 1815 (Nom. Nov.)</small> * ''Apertirostra'' <small>Drapiez, 1822</small> * ''Chaenoramphe'' <small>Dumont, 1817</small> * ''Chaenoramphus'' <small>Thon, 1830 (Emend.)</small> * ''Chenoramphus'' <small>Gray, 1848 (Emend.)</small> * ''Hiator'' <small>Reichenbach, 1852-53</small> }} The '''openbill storks''' or '''openbills''' are two [[species]] of [[stork]] (family Ciconiidae) in the [[genus]] '''''Anastomus'''''. They are large wading [[bird]]s 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 [[Mollusca|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]].<ref>{{cite journal |url= https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofzoo19011zool#page/365/mode/1up|author=Beddard, F. E. |year=1901| title= Some Notes upon the Anatomy and Systematic Position of the Ciconiine Genus Anastomus|journal= Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London|volume=70|issue=2 |pages=365β371| doi=10.1111/j.1469-7998.1901.tb08551.x }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| journal= Journal of Ornithology| volume= 112| issue= 1 | pages= 21β35| doi=10.1007/BF01644077| title=Food and feeding behavior of Openbill Storks|author= Kahl, MP|year=1971 | bibcode= 1971JOrni.112...21K| s2cid= 1484358}}</ref>
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