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 LC    Anhinga* Id (Atlas):
    Anhinga anhinga

Description (10)
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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.

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) [XC577780]
     by Mauricio Cuellar Ramirez (@Birding.travel) from Circle B Bar Reserve, Polk Cty, Florida, United States (call)

 
Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) [XC130401]
     by Paul Marvin from Shark Valley, Everglades National Park, Florida, United States (begging 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
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Files:
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