Birds of the World

○ ← SULIFORMES: Anhingidae (Anhingas, Darters) →

Genus: Anhinga (4 species)


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 (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
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Australasian Darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae) Range: AU: Timor (e Lesser Sundas), New Guinea, and Australia (except sc, Tasmania) Victoria, Australia
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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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Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba