Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)

Other Names (World)
Anhinga, American Darter, Snakebird

Family
Anhingidae (Darters)

Size
85 - 89 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Habitat
Inland wetlands, including, large freshwater lakes. Also rivers, streams and creeks. From sea-level - 900 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay (B), USA (B), Venezuela.

Vagrant to Anguilla, Antigua And Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, St Kitts And Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (68)...)

Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) [XC352114]
by from Rio La Tovara, Matanch\u00e9n, San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico (call)

Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) [XC5766]
by Bernabe Lopez-Lanus from Bear Island WMA, SC, United States (call)

Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

leucogaster (Vieillot, 1816) - USA (North Carolina to Texas) through central America to Panama; Cuba.
anhinga (Linnaeus, 1766) - Southern America from Colombia south to Ecuador and east of Andes to northern Argentina; Trinidad and Tobago.

References
See References.

Files:

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