Avibase: Anastomus lamelligerus (African Openbill)

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African Openbill

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
African Openbill - Anastomus lamelligerus	Nature sounds by Simply Birding	2026-05-14	Mambova, Kazungula, Southern Province, Kazungula (Zambia) (950 m)	uncertain - Recording of a nesting colony of mainly African Openbill on the Zambezi river	1135480 xeno-canto.org
African Openbill - Anastomus lamelligerus	Doug Newman - Simply Birding Africa	2026-05-11	, Southern (Zambia)	-	657878943 macaulaylibrary.org
African Openbill - Anastomus lamelligerus	Myles E. W. North	1963-03-15	KISUMU HERONRY, Nyanza, Kenya, Nyanza (former) (Kenya)	-	2289 macaulaylibrary.org
African Openbill - Anastomus lamelligerus	Myles E. W. North	1962-04-15	CHAGANA HERONRY; RIVER WEMBERE, Tanzania, Tanzania (Tanzania)	-	2288 macaulaylibrary.org
African Openbill - Anastomus lamelligerus	Derek Solomon	13-04-07	South Luangwa National Park Wamilombe, Northern (pre-2011) (Zambia) (520 m)	Call (no score) - Chicks calling from nest in a breeding colony of about 100 storks	84191 xeno-canto.org

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