Family

Anhingidae

4 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Suliformes › Anhingidae

Australasian Darter

Anhinga novaehollandiae (Gould, 1847)

Anhinga novaehollandiae, the Australasian darter, is a slim wetland bird with distinct plumage between sexes, found across Australia and nearby islands.

Oriental Darter

Anhinga melanogaster Pennant, 1769

The Oriental darter (Anhinga melanogaster) is a long-necked freshwater fish-eating bird found across South Asia.

Anhinga

Anhinga anhinga (Linnaeus, 1766)

Anhinga anhinga is a large water bird with distinct sexual dimorphism and two subspecies distributed across the Americas.

African Darter

Anhinga rufa (Daudin, 1802)

Anhinga rufa (the African darter) is a long-necked water bird widespread across sub-Saharan Africa, with an endangered non-African subspecies in the Middle East.