Asian Openbills are known as ‘Samukbhonga’ in Assamese, named so because they feeds on snails. Prastuti Bhattacharyya writes in Assamese about how to distinguish this bird from other storks based on morphological and behavioural patterns, and highlights fascinating details about its nesting behaviour.
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