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Name |
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Open bill stork |
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Scientific Name |
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Anastomus oscitans |
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Size |
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Ghonghil (80 cm) |
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Habitat |
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Marsh and swamp |
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Identification |
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White or greyish white stork, with black in the wing, peculiar gap in black bill |
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Status |
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Resident |
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Distribution |
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Throughout the Indian union |
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Food |
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Chiefly molluscs, Also eat crabs, frogs etc |
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Nest |
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July- September, Platform nest |
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Eggs |
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2-4, white |
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Least concern |
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Wetland |
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Common |
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Most part of M.P |
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