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African Darter

Anhinga rufa (Daudin, FM 1802)

The African darter (Anhinga rufa), sometimes called the snakebird, is a water bird of sub-Saharan Africa and Iraq. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Pelecaniformes
Family:
  Anhingidae
Genus:
   Anhinga
Scientific:
  Anhinga rufa

Original description

Citation:
  (Daudin, FM 1802)

Reference:
   Hist. Nat. [Buffon ed. Didot] 14 p.319

Protonym:
  Plotus rufus

Type locality:
  Senegal.

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  5C7936A7E5949CE8

Avibase ID:
  avibase-5C7936A7

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/5C7936A7

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 174760

Geographic range:

  • Anhinga rufa rufa: sub-Saharan Africa
  • Anhinga rufa chantrei: wetlands of lower Tigris–Euphrates (Iraq and Iran); formerly also Türkiye (where extirpated by early 1960s)
  • Anhinga rufa vulsini: Madagascar
Source: Clements checklist
English:
African Darter
Catalan:
Anhinga africà
Czech:
anhinga africká
Danish:
Afrikansk Slangehalsfugl
German:
Afrika-Schlangenhalsvogel
Spanish:
Anhinga Africana
Spanish (Spain):
Anhinga Africana
Finnish:
afrikankäärmekaula
French:
Anhinga d'Afrique
Croatian:
afrička zmijovrata
Hungarian:
afrikai kígyónyakúmadár
Icelandic:
Ryðskutli
Italian:
Aninga africana
Japanese (romaji):
afurikahebiu
Japanese:
アフリカヘビウ
Lithuanian:
Afrikinis žalčiagalvis
Dutch:
Afrikaanse Slangenhalsvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Afrikaslangehals
Norwegian:
Afrikaslangehals
Polish:
wężówka afrykańska
Portuguese:
Mergulhão-serpente
Portuguese (Portugal):
mergulhão-serpente-africano
Russian:
Африканская змеешейка
Slovak:
anhinga hrdzavokrká
Serbian:
Afrička zmijovrata
Swedish:
afrikansk ormhalsfågel
Ukrainian:
змієшийка африканська
Chinese:
红蛇鹈
Chinese (Traditional):
非洲蛇鵜〔紅蛇鵜〕

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
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African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
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African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
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African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
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African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
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African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
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Clements 1st edition:
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Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements 3rd edition:
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.50:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Anhinga rufa [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Anhinga melanogaster rufa [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
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Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Anhinga [melanogaster, rufa or novaehollandiae] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Related taxa

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Afrikaans: Slanghalsvoël
Arabic: زُقة افريقية
Azerbaijani: Afrika ilanboyunu
Belarusian: Афрыканская змеяшыйка
Bulgarian: Африканска змиешийка
Bengali: িঅচিকান গয়ায
Bengali (transliteration): āphrikāna gaẏāra
Breton: Evn-naer Afrika
Catalan: Anhinga africà
Czech: anhinga africká, Anhinga rezavá
Chuvash: Африка çĕлен майĕ
Welsh: Gwanwr Affrica
Danish: Afrikansk Slangehalsfugl
German: Afrikanischer Schlangenhalsvogel, Afrika-Schlangenhalsvogel, Schlangenhalsvogel
Greek: Αφρικαvικός φιδoλαίμης, Αφρικανική Ανίγκα
English: African Darter, Australian Anhinga, Darter, Darter (African), Old Word Darter, Rufous Darter, Snakebird, Snake-bird
English, HBW: African Darter
English (IOC): African Darter
English (Kenya): African Darter
English (United States): African Darter
Esperanto: Afrika anhingo, Afrika sagobirdo, nigraventra anhingo
Spanish: Anhinga Africana, Aninga Africana, Aninga Común
Spanish (Spain): Anhinga Africana
Spanish (HBW): Anhinga africana
Spanish (Mexico): Anhinga Africana
Estonian: aafrika madukael
Persian: باکلان مارگردن, مارگردن, مارگردن آفریقایی
Finnish: Afrikankäärmekaula, käärmekaula
French: Anhinga, Anhinga d’Afrique, Anhinga d'Afrique, Anhinga du Sénégal, Anhinga roux
Frisian: Afrikaanske slangehalsfûgel
Irish: Rúidire Afracach, Sciobaire rua
Galician: Bituatinga africana
Hebrew: נחשון, נחשון אפריקאי, נחשון אפריקני
Croatian: afrička zmijovrata
Hungarian: Afrikai kigyónyakúmadár, afrikai kígyónyakúmadár
Icelandic: Rauðskutli, Ryðskutli
Italian: Aninga africana, Ploto
Japanese (romaji): afurikahebiu
Japanese: アフリカヘビウ
Kwangali: Endeda
Kirghiz: Африка жылан моюну, Африка жыланмоюну
Scientific: Anhinga melanogaster rufa, Anhinga rufa, Anhinga rufa papua, Anhinga rufa rufa, Anhinga vulsini, Plotus capensis, Plotus Chantrei, Plotus congensis, Plotus levaillantii, Plotus levaillantii, Plotus Novae-Hollandiae, Plotus rufus
Lithuanian: Afrikinis žalčiagalvis, Afrikinis žalčiakaklis
Latvian: Āfrikas čūskkaklis
Malagasy: Manarana, Manaranomby, Ragniboay, Vadimboay, Vorona lava ambozona
Macedonian: Африканска змијоврата чапја
Malayalam: ചേരക്കോഴി 
Dutch: Afrikaanse Slangehalsvogel, Afrikaanse Slangenhalsvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Afrikaslangehals
Norwegian: Afrikaslangehals
Polish: wezówka, wezówka afrykanska, wężówka afrykańska
Portuguese: Mergulhão-serpente, Mergulhão-serpente-africano
Portuguese (Portugal): Mergulhão-serpente, mergulhão-serpente-africano
Rhaeto-Romance: Aninga africana
Romanian: Anhinga roşcată
Russian: Африканская змеешейка, Змеешейки анхинги
Northern Sami: Afrihkágearpmaščotta, Afrihkágearpmaščottá
Slovak: Anhinga červená, anhinga hrdzavokrká
Slovenian: afriški kačjevratnik
Serbian: Afrička zmijovrata
Sotho, Southern: Timeletsane-lalanoha
Swedish: Afrikansk ormhalsfågel
Swahili: Mbizi
Turkish: yılan boyun, Yılanboyun, yylanboyun
Tsonga: Gororo
Ukrainian: змієшийка африканська
Uzbek: Африка илонбўйини
Vietnamese: Cổ rắn
Xhosa: Ivuzi
Chinese: 红蛇鹈
Chinese (Traditional): 非洲蛇鵜〔紅蛇鵜〕

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