Ann & Steve Toon / Openbilled stork (Anastomus lamelligerus), Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa.

Sean Viljoen / African openbill (Anastomus lamelligerus) feeding, Khwai River, Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana.

Jen Guyton / African open-billed stork (Anastomus lamelligerus) sitting on a nest at the edge of the floodplain in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Tony Heald / Open-billed stork (Anastomus lamelligerus) feeding on a water snail at sunrise. Chobe National Park, Botswana.

Ann & Steve Toon / Openbill stork (Anastomus lamelligerus), Chobe river, Botswana, September

Wim van den Heever / Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis) portrait with storm clouds in the background and a flock of Open billed storks flying past (Anastomus lamelligerus) Zimanga Private Game Reserve, South Africa.

Wim van den Heever / African open bill (Anastomus lamelligerus) in flight with morning sunlight. Chobe National Park Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / African openbill (Anastomus lamelligerus) perched on the branch of a dead tree, Zibadianja Lagoon, Selinda Reserve, northern Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / African openbill (Anastomus lamelligerus) searching for food in the shallows of the Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / African openbill (Anastomus lamelligerus) walking on floating vegetation, Chief's Island, Okavango Delta, northern Botswana.

Bruno D'Amicis / African opennbill (Anastomus lamelligerus) juvenile birds in rookery, Tana Mtsili island. Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve, Ethiopia.

Bruno D'Amicis / African opennbill (Anastomus lamelligerus) juvenile birds in rookery, Tana Mtsili Island, Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve, Ethiopia.