Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Slanghalsvoël |
| Arabic | زُقة افريقية |
| Bulgarian | Африканска змиешийка |
| Czech | anhinga africká |
| Danish | Afrikansk Slangehalsfugl |
| Dutch | Afrikaanse Slangenhalsvogel |
| English | African Darter |
| English (United States) | African Darter |
| Finnish | afrikankäärmekaula |
| French | Anhinga d'Afrique |
| French (French Guiana) | 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 |
Anhinga rufa (Daudin, 1802)
PROTONYM:
Plotus rufus
Daudin, 1802. Hist.Nat.[Buffon]ed.Didot 14, p.319.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Senegal.
Definitions
- ANHINGA
- anhinga
- rufa
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African Darter Anhinga rufa Scientific name definitions
Josep del Hoyo, Nigel Collar, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 11, 2014
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 11, 2014
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
Authors
Josep del Hoyo, Nigel Collar, and Ernest Garcia
Recommended Citation
del Hoyo, J., N. Collar, and E. F. J. Garcia (2020). African Darter (Anhinga rufa), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.darter3.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- September 11, 2014
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
Authors
Josep del Hoyo, Nigel Collar, and Ernest Garcia
Recommended Citation
del Hoyo, J., N. Collar, and E. F. J. Garcia (2014). African Darter (Anhinga rufa). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.