#1054 · 🐦 birds
Anhinga
🇳🇱 Amerikaanse Slangenhalsvogel ·Anhinga anhinga
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what is it?
The anhinga (/ænˈhɪŋɡə/; Anhinga anhinga ), sometimes called snakebird , darter , American darter , or water turkey , is a water bird of the warmer parts of the Americas. The word anhinga comes from the Brazilian Tupi language and means devil bird or snake bird. The origin of the name snakebird is apparent when swimming : only the colored neck appears above water so the bird looks like a snake ready to strike. They do not have external nares (nostrils) and...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 70,163 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1766 (260 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Anhinga
- Nederlands
- Amerikaanse Slangenhalsvogel
- scientific name
- Anhinga anhinga
- class
- Aves
- order
- Suliformes
- family
- Anhingidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 1
- sightings worldwide
- 70,163
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1766
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Anhingidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 5063, Wikidata Q469940, GBIF 2482082, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.