Anhinga
Anhinga anhinga(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Anhinga
The Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Anhingidae (Anhinga and Darters) in the order Suliformes.
- Scientific name
- Anhinga anhinga
- Order
- Suliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Anhinga
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Anhinga anhinga leucogaster
- Anhinga anhinga anhinga
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Plotus anhinga
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- 'in America australi'; restricted to Rio Tapajos, Para, Brazil, by Griscom and Greenway, 1941, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 88, p. 103.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.218
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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