Anhinga
Anhinga anhinga
Least Concern (IUCN Red List)Anhingas
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Call and song
Recording 1 · flight call, song, subsong
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About the Anhinga
Long-necked “snake bird” found in wooded swamps, marshes, and ponds. Males are black with white on wing; females similar but with brownish neck and head. Dives underwater and spears fish with dagger-like bill. Often swims with only head and neck out of water. Like cormorants, perches out in the open to spread wings and dry feathers. Similar shape to cormorants but even longer-tailed with a more sharply pointed bill. Occasionally soars.
Species account: eBird.org, fetched 2025-12-26 · How these pages are made
Where it has been recorded
Recorded in 27 of the 253 countries we have eBird lists for. Each opens that country's checklist.
