African Darter
by Eva Lechner
Title
African Darter
Artist
Eva Lechner
Medium
Photograph - Photograph/artistic Photography
Description
The African darter (Anhinga rufa), sometimes called the snakebird, is a water bird of sub-Saharan Africa and Iraq.
The African darter is a member of the darter family, Anhingidae, and is closely related to American (Anhinga anhinga), Oriental (Anhinga melanogaster), and Australasian (Anhinga novaehollandiae) darters.
The male is mainly glossy black with white streaking, but females and immature birds are browner. The African darter differs in appearance from the American darter most recognisably by its thin white lateral neck stripe against a rufous background colour. The pointed bill should prevent confusion with cormorants.
It is an 80 cm long cormorant-like fish-eating species with a very long neck, like other anhingas.
Artistic photography(Canon 5D Mark III,400mm) by Eva Lechner
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October 29th, 2019
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Miroslava Jurcik
Congratulation, your amazing work has been chosen as Superfeature in Kingdom Animalia !!! You can visit it under Superfeature discussion tab in our group !! l/f/p
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