WoRMS taxon details
Anhinga Brisson, 1760
Plotus Linnaeus, 1766 · unaccepted
- Species Anhinga novaehollandiae (Gould, 1847)
- Species Anhinga rufa (Daudin, 1802)
brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Size: large. Resemble cormorants but slimmer. Head small; bill long, slender, pointed bill without hook; neck long and...
Description Size: large. Resemble cormorants but slimmer. Head small; bill long, slender, pointed bill without hook; neck long and slender forming an S-curve; tail long and strongly graduated; wings long and broad. Remain submerged in water for long periods. Expert divers and swimmers. [details]
WoRMS (2024). Anhinga Brisson, 1760. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206825 on 2024-11-24
Date
action
by
1998-08-22 05:35:27Z
created
Depew, Lorna
2006-09-05 08:30:55Z
changed
Martinez, Olga
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basis of record
Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Size: large. Resemble cormorants but slimmer. Head small; bill long, slender, pointed bill without hook; neck long and slender forming an S-curve; tail long and strongly graduated; wings long and broad. Remain submerged in water for long periods. Expert divers and swimmers. [details]
