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Huge flock of Asian Openbills circling above Tonle Sap in Cambodia
From the species description:
"Like other storks, the Asian Openbill is a broad-winged soaring bird, which relies on moving between thermals of hot air for sustained flight. They are usually found in flocks but single birds are not uncommon. Like all storks, it flies with its neck outstretched."
The Asian openbill or Asian openbill stork 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 white with glossy black wings and tail and the adults have a gap between the arched upper mandible and recurved lower mandible.
Similar species: Storks
By jerclarke
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Uploaded Mar 1, 2015. Captured Feb 7, 2015 00:26 in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
