Anhinga
Anhinga anhinga - Anhinga d'Amérique
Systematics
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Order:
Suliformes
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Family:
Anhingidés
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Genus:
Anhinga
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Species:
anhinga
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 91 cm
- Wingspan: 109 cm.
- Weight:
Longevity
12 years
Geographic range
Identification
Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) is a species of bird in the Anhingidae family.
Subspecific information 2 subspecies
- Anhinga anhinga anhinga (Trinidad, Tobago, Colombia to n Argentina)
- Anhinga anhinga leucogaster (se USA to Colombia, Cuba)
Foreign names
- Anhinga d'Amérique,
- Anhinga americana,
- biguatinga,
- Amerika-Schlangenhalsvogel,
- amerikai kígyónyakúmadár,
- Amerikaanse Slangenhalsvogel,
- Aninga americana,
- amerikansk ormhalsfågel,
- Amerikaslangehals,
- anhinga jarabá,
- anhinga americká,
- Amerikansk Slangehalsfugl,
- amerikankäärmekaula,
- anhinga americà,
- wężówka amerykańska,
- Amerikas čūskkaklis,
- Американская змеешейка,
- アメリカヘビウ,
- 美洲蛇鹈,
- 美洲蛇鵜,
Habitat
Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- All the Birds of North America, American Bird conservancy's Field Guide
- Birds of Colombia, Steven L. Hilty and William L. Brown
- Vol. 4 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-Jordi Sargatal
- All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- HBW Alive,
- Wikipedia (English version),
- IOC World Bird List (v13.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2023.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Aegotheliformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Nyctibiiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podargiformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Steatornithiformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes