Oriental darter

Oriental Darter
Conservation status
	Near Threatened
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Pelecaniformes
Family:	Anhingidae
Genus:	Anhinga
Species:	A. melanogaster
Binomial name
	Anhinga melanogaster; (Pennant, 1769)

The Oriental Darter or Indian Darter (Anhinga melanogaster ), sometimes called Snakebird, is a water bird of tropical South Asia and Southeast Asia. It is a cormorant-like species that has a very long neck. It often swims with only the neck above water. It is a fish-eater.

The Oriental Darter differs in appearance from American darters most recognisably by its white lateral neck stripe. It builds a stick nest in a tree and lays 3-6 eggs.

The Oriental Darter is a member of the darter family, Anhingidae, and is closely related to American (Anhinga anhinga), African (Anhinga rufa), and Australian (Anhinga novaehollandiae) Darters.

References

^ Template:IUCN2006 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is near threatened

Gallery

At Bharatpur.
At Bharatpur.
At Bharatpur.
At Bharatpur.
At Bharatpur.
at Hodal in Faridabad District of Haryana, India.

[1] Template:IUCN2006 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is near threatened

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