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Plotus levaillantii = Anhinga melanogaster (Oriental Darter)
Anhinga Levaillant, male.
Plotus levaillantii, Temm.
English: « Plotus levaillantii » = Anhinga melanogaster (Oriental Darter) - breeding male
Français : « Plotus levaillantii » = Anhinga melanogaster (Anhinga roux) - mâle en plumage nuptial
Date 1838
Source Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux https://archive.org/details/Nouveaurecueild5Temm/page/380/mode/2up?view=theater
Author Nicolas Huet (1770–1830); Jean Gabriel Prêtre (1768–1849)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anhinga_melanogaster_1838.jpg
The Oriental darter (Anhinga melanogaster) is a water bird of tropical South Asia and Southeast Asia. It has a long and slender neck with a straight, pointed bill and, like the cormorant, Anhinga melanogaster hunts for fish while its body is submerged in water. It spears a fish underwater, bringing it above the surface, tossing and juggling it before swallowing the fish head first. The body remains submerged as it swims, and the slender neck alone is visible above the water, which accounts for the colloquial name of snakebird. Like the cormorants, the Oriental darters have wettable feathers and they are often found perched on a rock or branch with its wings held open to dry.
Order: Suliformes
Family: Anhingidae
Genus: Anhinga
Species: Anhinga melanogaster (Pennant, 1769)
Synonyms
- Plotus melanogaster |
