Anhinga
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The anhinga, sometimes called darter, American darter, snakebird, or water turkey, is a water bird of the warmer parts of the Americas. The word anhinga comes from a'ñinga in the Brazilian Tupi langua
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Anhinga Female
Skeleton, showing the hinge-like articulation between the eighth and ninth cervical vertebrae.
Male drying its feathers and warming its body, Florida, US
Cormorant
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Phalacrocoracidae is a family of approximately 40 species of aquatic birds found worldwide and commonly known as cormorants and shags. Several different classifications of the family have been propose
Anhinga
…is experienced, the birds flapping vigorously while "running" on the water's surface for a short distance (often escaping a perceived threat). Like cormorants, anhingas perch and rest on fallen trees, logs or rocks near the water's edge with wings spread and feathers fanned-open in a semicircular shape, facing…
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Great cormorant with hooked bill
Little cormorant with wings spread
Imperial shags in Beagle Channel