African Darter (Anhinga rufa)

African Darter

Anhinga rufa

(Daudin, FM, 1802)
Aninga Africana

Family: Anhingidae
Order: Suliformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Conservation Status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

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Synonyms: Plotus rufus.

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Number of Photography: 12

Photography ID: 670236
Rio Nilo Victoria
Northern Region
Uganda
01/04/2026
Hugo Caverzasi

Photography ID: 630906
Murchison Falls Np--boat trip Paraa to Murchison Falls
Northern Region
Uganda
01/26/2025
Julian Uriel Collado

Photography ID: 356453
♂ Adult
Munchinson Falls National Park
Central Region
Uganda
06/22/2018
Eugenia Boggiano

Photography ID: 356452
♂ Adult
Munchinson Falls National Park
Central Region
Uganda
06/22/2018
Eugenia Boggiano

Photography ID: 353141
Nile River, Murchinson Falls
Western Region
Uganda
08/01/2019
Victor Hugo Michelini

Photography ID: 348927
Murchinson Falls National Park
Western Region
Uganda
08/01/2019
Diego Oscar

Photography ID: 271252
♂ Adult
Kasane
North-East
Botswana
03/01/2018
Glauco Oliveira

Photography ID: 217714
Kasane
North-East
Botswana
08/24/2017
Hugo Caverzasi

Photography ID: 206924
Juvenile
Parque Nacional Lago Nakuru
Valle del Rift
Kenya
06/05/2017
Diego Carus

Photography ID: 206164
♂ Adult
Parque Nacional Amboseli
Valle del Rift
Kenya
06/01/2017
Diego Carus

Photography ID: 194659
Adult
Pilanesberg National Park
Gauteng
South Africa
03/07/2017
Edith Polverini

Photography ID: 109169
Adult
Pretoria
Gauteng
South Africa
06/27/2015
Luis Cesar Tejo

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Number of Records: 25

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2423014

04/01/2026

Uganda

Northern Region

Rio Nilo Victoria

Hugo Caverzasi

2259979

26/01/2025

Uganda

Northern Region

Murchison Falls Np--boat trip Paraa to Murchison Falls

Silvina Collado

2258932

26/01/2025

Uganda

Northern Region

Murchison Falls Np--boat trip Paraa to Murchison Falls

Julian Uriel Collado

2235908

01/01/2025

Ethiopia

Sidamo

Lake Hawassa

Gerardo Lloret

2235733

28/12/2024

Ethiopia

Shewa (Shoa)

Lake Ziway, Batu

Gerardo Lloret

1923990

11/10/2023

South Africa

Cabo Occidental

False Bay Nature Reserve - Rondevlay Section, Cape Town

Luis Cesar Tejo

1923879

11/10/2023

South Africa

Cabo Occidental

False Bay Nature Reserve - Rondevlay Section, Cape Town

Daniela Espinosa

1145882

03/12/2019

South Africa

Gauteng

Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Pretoria

Luis Cesar Tejo

1101743

01/08/2019

Uganda

Western Region

Nile River, Murchinson Falls

Victor Hugo Michelini

960205

01/08/2019

Uganda

Western Region

Nile River, Murchinson Falls National Park

Diego Oscar

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