Anhinga Anhinga anhinga Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (40)
- Subspecies (2)
Peter C. Frederick and Douglas Siegel-Causey
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2000
Text last updated January 1, 2000
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Американска змиешийка |
| Catalan | anhinga americana |
| Croatian | američka zmijovrata |
| Czech | anhinga americká |
| Dutch | Amerikaanse Slangenhalsvogel |
| English | Anhinga |
| English (United States) | Anhinga |
| Finnish | amerikankäärmekaula |
| French | Anhinga d'Amérique |
| French (France) | Anhinga d'Amérique |
| German | Amerika-Schlangenhalsvogel |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Aninga |
| Hebrew | נחשון אמריקני |
| Icelandic | Grænskutli |
| Japanese | アメリカヘビウ |
| Norwegian | amerikaslangehals |
| Polish | wężówka amerykańska |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | biguatinga |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Biguatinga |
| Russian | Американская змеешейка |
| Serbian | Američka zmijovrata |
| Slovak | anhinga jarabá |
| Slovenian | Ameriški kačjevratnik |
| Spanish | Anhinga Americana |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Aninga |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Aninga |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Marbella |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Anhinga |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Anhinga (Pato Aguja) |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Pato Aguja |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Anhinga Americana |
| Spanish (Panama) | Aninga |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Aninga |
| Spanish (Peru) | Anhinga Americana |
| Spanish (Spain) | Anhinga americana |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Aninga |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Cotúa Agujita |
| Swedish | amerikansk ormhalsfågel |
| Turkish | Amerika Yılanboyunu |
| Ukrainian | Змієшийка американська |
Anhinga anhinga (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Plotus anhinga
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.218.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'in America australi'; restricted to Rio Tapajos, Para, Brazil, by Griscom and Greenway, 1941, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 88, p. 103.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ANHINGA
- anhinga
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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