African Darter In Flight
by Eva Lechner
Title
African Darter In Flight
Artist
Eva Lechner
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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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December 12th, 2019
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Gary F Richards
Excellent composition, lighting, shading, colors and artwork! F/L …voted for this piece in the contest BIRDS IN FLIGHT!
Don Columbus
Congratulations Eva, your work is Featured in "Coastal Water Birds-Shore Birds" I invite you to place it in the group's "2019 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Jeff Iverson
Congratulations your wonderful work is now featured on What's New! Please add your work to our Discussion archive for features.
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