© GW - monacoeye • Gambia, March 2013 • All rights reserved

Bird name: African Darter
Latin: Anhinga rufa
Other: Anhinga d'Afrique (Fr)
Family: Anhingidae • Anhingas, Darters
Range: Sub-Saharan Africa
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African Darters were seen regularly on my visit to Gambia. The best place was Tendaba creek where they were perched at regular intervals along the mangroves.

Unmistakable by its very long neck and pointed bill; often with cormorants.

Below, African Darter with Long-tailed Cormorant, Marakissa, Gambia, Feb 2013.


Below, African Darter, Tendaba Creek, Gambia, Mar 2013.


Below, African Darter, Tendaba Creek, Gambia, Mar 2013.
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© Tania H - monacoeye • Perth, Australia • All rights reserved

Bird name: Australian Darter
Latin: Anhinga novaehollandiae
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Family: Anhingidae • Anhingas, Darters
Range: Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea
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A pair of Australian Darters with chick at nest in Perth. Above, the male is to the left with black neck and chestnut patch (breeding plumage), and the female to the right with white neck.More photos...

© Tom C - monacoeye • Cambodia, Feb 2013 • All rights reserved

Bird name: Oriental Darter
Latin: Anhinga melanogaster
Other: Anhinga roux (Fr)
Family: Anhingidae • Anhingas, Darters
Range: S Asia, SE Asia
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Thanks again to Tom C for these shots of Oriental Darters (above with Indian Cormorants) in Cambodia. That complete this site’s records for Anhingidae!

Tom C - Oriental Darter in flight. Cambodia, Feb 2013
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© GW - monacoeye • Pantanal, Brazil, August 2011 • All rights reserved

Bird name: Anhinga
Latin: Anhinga anhinga
Other: Snakebird. Anhinga d'Afrique (Fr)
Family: Anhingidae • Anhingas, Darters
Range: Brazil, Amazonia, Central America, Mexico Gulf, S USA to Florida
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Good views of Anhingas along the Rio Claro in the Pantanal, from Curicaca Lodge or Rio Clarinho Lodge.

Unmistakable by its long neck and pointed bill; often with cormorants. I often seemed to see juveniles or females (light neck). Adult males have black necks.

Female ? Anhinga - long snake-like neck, Pantanal, Brazil, August.


Male Anhinga silhouetted overhead, Pantanal, Brazil, August
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033 Anhingidae • Anhingas, Darters - IOC 2.5 - 2010

Anhinga melanogaster - Oriental Darter - Pakistan to SE Asia: Greater Sundas, Sulawesi and Philippines. Asia - Was Darter
Anhinga rufa - African Darter - Subsaharan Africa, Madagascar, Iraq - Split from A. melanogaster
Anhinga novaehollandiae - Australasian Darter - New Guinea, Australia - Split from
Anhinga anhinga - Anhinga - North America, Latin America

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