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Darter or Snakebird
Anhinga melanogaster
27.1575, 77.5322
Field Notes
Description:
Long, snake-like neck; pointed long bill; tail is fan shaped; breeding adults have dark brown crown and hind neck; Streaked and mottled with silvery-grey on back and wings; white stripe on sides of upper neck; chin and upper throat are white
Photo taken at Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
Habitat:
Fresh water lakes; jheels (ponds), reservoirs, rivers and marshes
Notes:
Info taken from:
1.Birds of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
By – Bikram Grewal, Sumit Sen, Sarwandeep Singh, Nikhil Devasar and Garima Bhatia
2.Birds of the Indian Subcontinent
By – Richard Grimmett, Carl Inskipp and Tim Inskipp
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMarch 11, 2019
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