Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Anhinga*
Id (Atlas):
Anhinga anhinga
Description (10 )
Anhinga
© Ian Barker
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.
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)... )
Listen to XC107087
Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga ) [XC107087 ]
by Bernabe Lopez-Lanus from Estacion Biologica Corrientes, San Cayetano (San Cosme), Corrientes, Argentina (call)
Listen to XC438434
Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga ) [XC438434 ]
by Paul Marvin from Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso, Brazil (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:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Anhinga see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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