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
Anhinga anhinga Costa Rica 8
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
Darter
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The darters, anhingas, or snakebirds are mainly tropical waterbirds in the family Anhingidae, which contains a single genus, Anhinga. There are four living species found in the Americas, Africa, Asia
Female anhinga (A. anhinga) taking off
Australasian darter drying its wings
Female Australasian darter, Anhinga novaehollandiae, drying its wings