African Darter Anhinga rufa Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (36)
- Subspecies (3)
Josep del Hoyo, Nigel Collar, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 11, 2014
Text last updated September 11, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Slanghalsvoël |
| Arabic | زُقة افريقية |
| Bulgarian | Африканска змиешийка |
| Catalan | anhinga africana |
| Czech | anhinga africká |
| Danish | Afrikansk Slangehalsfugl |
| Dutch | Afrikaanse Slangenhalsvogel |
| English | African Darter |
| English (United States) | African Darter |
| Finnish | afrikankäärmekaula |
| French | Anhinga d'Afrique |
| French (France) | Anhinga d'Afrique |
| German | Afrika-Schlangenhalsvogel |
| Greek | Αφρικανική Ανίγκα |
| Hebrew | נחשון אפריקני |
| Hungarian | Afrikai kígyónyakúmadár |
| Icelandic | Ryðskutli |
| Japanese | アフリカヘビウ |
| Lithuanian | Afrikinis žalčiagalvis |
| Norwegian | afrikaslangehals |
| Persian | مارگردن |
| Polish | wężówka afrykańska |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Mergulhão-serpente |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Mergulhão-serpente |
| Romanian | Anhinga africană |
| Russian | Африканская змеешейка |
| Serbian | Afrička zmijovrata |
| Slovak | anhinga hrdzavokrká |
| Slovenian | Afriški kačjevratnik |
| Spanish | Anhinga Africana |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Anhinga Africana |
| Spanish (Spain) | Anhinga africana |
| Swedish | afrikansk ormhalsfågel |
| Turkish | Yılanboyun |
| Ukrainian | Змієшийка африканська |
| Zulu | inyoninyoka |
Anhinga rufa (Daudin, 1802)
PROTONYM:
Plotus rufus
Daudin, 1802. Histoire Naturelle par Buffon, Quadrupèdes 14, p.319.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Senegal.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ANHINGA
- anhinga
- rufa
The Key to Scientific Names
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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
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the African Darter
