Anhinga

Anhinga anhinga

Description:

The Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga), sometimes called Snakebird, Darter, American Darter, or Water Turkey, is a water bird of the warmer parts of the Americas. The word anhinga comes from the Brazilian Tupi language and means devil bird or snake bird.

Habitat:

Seen in a tree overhanging a waterway in Tortuguero

2 Species ID Suggestions

KarenSaxton 10 years ago

neotropic Cormorant

Phalacrocorax brasilianus

AshleyT 10 years ago

Anhinga

Anhinga anhinga Anhinga

10 Comments

tmvdh 10 years ago

Hi Pam, it seems that all your bird spottings are still in Ismaels' mission "El mini-mundo de Costa Rica" which is for arthropods

pamsai 10 years ago

thanks Anne and bayucca for the confirmation...

pamsai 10 years ago

thanks Karen and Ashley...

bayucca 10 years ago

Yes, Anhinga anhinga.

Anne Marie McCaffrey 10 years ago

Definitely Anhinga, not Cormorant...

AshleyT 10 years ago

The pointed bill and colored tip of the tail give this away as being an Anhinga. A cormorant would have a rounded tip to the bill.

KarenSaxton 10 years ago

Nice photo of breeding plumage. Our similar double crested cormorants breed in colonies with great egrets(Ardea alba) and make the oddest - think Jurrassic Park- call during rookery season. Did these guys make any noise?

DanielePralong 10 years ago

Thanks Pam! I have just added an English translation to the mission's instructions.

pamsai 10 years ago

Thanks Daniele, I didn't know that. I removed all my bird spottings. Do you think it would be possible to put an English translation in the mission details under Ismael's Spanish explanation?