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 |
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)
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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Revision History
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.
