African darter | |
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in Botswana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Suliformes |
Family: | Anhingidae |
Genus: | Anhinga |
Species: | A. rufa
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Binomial name | |
Anhinga rufa (Daudin, 1802)
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Distribution map | |
Synonyms | |
Anhinga africana |
The African darter (Anhinga rufa), sometimes called the snakebird, is a water bird of sub-Saharan Africa and Iraq.[1]