Oriental Darter

Anhinga melanogaster - Anhinga roux

Anhinga roux
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Suliformes

  • Family
    :

    Anhingidés

  • Genus
    :

    Anhinga

  • Species
    :

    melanogaster

Descriptor

Pennant, 1769

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 97 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 116 à 128 cm.
  • Weight
    : 1058 à 1815 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Anhinga roux
adult
Anhinga roux
adult

Oriental Darter (Anhinga melanogaster) is a species of bird in the Anhingidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Anhinga roux,
  • Anhinga asiática,
  • mergulhão-serpente-oriental,
  • Orient-Schlangenhalsvogel,
  • feketehasú kígyónyakúmadár,
  • Indische Slangenhalsvogel,
  • Aninga comune,
  • indisk ormhalsfågel,
  • Skjeggslangehals,
  • anhinga tmavobruchá,
  • anhinga indomalajská,
  • Indisk Slangehalsfugl,
  • käärmekaula,
  • anhinga asiàtic,
  • Indíaskutli,
  • wężówka indyjska,
  • afriški kačjevratnik,
  • Чернобрюхая змеешейка,
  • Pecuk-ular asia,
  • アジアヘビウ,
  • 黑腹蛇鹈,
  • นกอ้ายงั่ว,
  • 黑腹蛇鵜,

Voice song and call

Anhinga roux
adult

Habitat

Anhinga roux
adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Lakes ; Marine Neritic : Estuaries ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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