Birds of the World

    SULIFORMES: Anhingidae (Anhingas, Darters)  
Genus: Anhinga (4 species)


Anhinga
Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) Male
Range: NA, MA, SA: sc, se USA and wc Mexico to n Argentina, Cuba and Cayman Is.
Wakodahatchee, Florida, USA  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Dives underwater and spears fish. Similar in size to a cormorant, but note the pointed bill. Male is black, female brown.
The female has a brown neck.

Oriental Darter
Oriental Darter (Anhinga melanogaster) Near Threatened
Range: OR, AU: Indus Valley (c Pakistan) s to Sri Lanka and e to Vietnam, s to Greater Sundas, Sulawesi and Philippines (now only Mindanao and Jolo, Sulu Arch., s Philippines)
Tissa Wewa, Sri Lanka  
 
Photograph by Rainbirder (Steve Garvie)     Copyright and usage info


Australasian Darter
Australasian Darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae)
Range: AU: Timor (e Lesser Sundas), New Guinea, and Australia (except sc, Tasmania)
Victoria, Australia  
 
Photograph by Fir0002 (Wikipedia)     Copyright and usage info


African Darter
African Darter (Anhinga rufa)
Range: AF, PAL: se Iraq, Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar
Rondevlei Nature Reserve, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.



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