African Darter
Anhinga rufa
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Anhinga and Darters (Anhingidae)
- Order
- Suliformes
Overview
The African darter (Anhinga rufa), sometimes called the snakebird, is a water bird of Sub-Saharan Africa and Iraq.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Countries
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Côte d'Ivoire
- DR Congo
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Iran
- Iraq
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mauritania
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Republic of the Congo
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- South Africa
- Sudan
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: African darter
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
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