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Category:Anhinga - BirdForum Opus

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Male Anhinga drying wings, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA

Description

Large and particular long waterbirds of the Americas and Australia. They fish in fresh water by diving and spearing their prey. Their long sinous necks may give the impression of a snake while swimming, and thus they are known colloquially as snakebirds.

Taxonomy

Anhinga is a genus in the family Anhingidae.

Genus Anhinga view • edit
A. anhinga Anhinga
A. rufa African Darter
A. melanogaster Oriental Darter
A. novaehollandiae Australasian Darter

Pages in category ‘Anhinga’

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