ANHINGA Anhinga anhinga
Anhinga, Darter, Snakebird, there are a host of evocative English names for this strange aquatic species. Like a long-tailed, long-winged cormorant he likes to swim with body submerged and only the snake-like neck visible. In the water he is an agile and efficient hunter of fish, using the sharp, dagger-like bill to impale his prey (not grasping it in the conventional way as does a cormorant). Anhingas are also masters of the air, and there is nothing they enjoy more than leisurely soaring to great heights on rising thermals.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE2795PH) Adult male, Rio Negro, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Paul Smith July 2011).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE111PH) Adult female, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith February 2006).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE112PH) Adult female dorsal drying wings, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith November 2007).
VIDEO - (FPAVE2796VI) Same male as (FPAVE2795PH) (Paul Smith July 2011).
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FIGURE 3
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