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Anhinga anhinga

Photo by pamsai
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Field Notes

Description:

The Anhinga (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.

Habitat:

Seen in a tree overhanging a waterway in Tortuguero

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Anhinga

Species ID Suggestions

Anhinga

Anhinga anhinga

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AshleyT
4

neotropic Cormorant

Phalacrocorax brasilianus
KarenSaxton
1

Comments (10)
tmvdh
Hi Pam, it seems that all your bird spottings are still in Ismaels' mission "El mini-mundo de Costa Rica" which is for arthropods
pamsai
thanks Anne and bayucca for the confirmation...
pamsai
thanks Karen and Ashley...
AshleyT
The pointed bill and colored tip of the tail give this away as being an Anhinga. A cormorant would have a rounded tip to the bill.
KarenSaxton
Nice photo of breeding plumage. Our similar double crested cormorants breed in colonies with great egrets(Ardea alba) and make the oddest - think Jurrassic Park- call during rookery season. Did these guys make any noise?
DanielePralong
Thanks Pam! I have just added an English translation to the mission's instructions.
pamsai
Thanks Daniele, I didn't know that. I removed all my bird spottings. Do you think it would be possible to put an English translation in the mission details under Ismael's Spanish explanation?
DanielePralong
Hi Pam! The mission "El mini-mundo de Costa Rica" is for Arthropods.

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Birds of the World
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Paso Pacifico Survey
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Birds of Panama and Costa Rica
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Life in Costa Rica
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PublishedNovember 17, 2013

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