ASIAN OPENBILL

March 2017

(*   318)                ASIAN OPENBILL                  Anastomus oscitans 

SRI LANKA             95

Found in marshes, tanks, lakes, rivers and lagoons. 68 cm. Fairly common breeding resident in lowlands, small numbers found along rivers in interior wet zone, and on lakes and rivers up to lower hills.

AFRICAN OPENBILL

348           AFRICAN OPENBILL             Anastomus lamelligerus

South Africa          (41)

74-90 cm. Ranges across the ne of southern Africa and further north. Found at freshwater lakes and dams. Feeds mainly on freshwater snails.