Anhinga Images

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• Anhingas are large, dark waterbirds with long necks and tail, they have small heads, red eyes, and long, sharp bills. Males are black overall with silvery gray feathers on their backs and forewings. Female Anhingas have brown necks and breasts.
• Most Anhingas are non-migratory. Anhingas can be found from North Carolina to Texas, from southern Illinois, Missouri, and Kentucky south to Florida. They breed near the and Gulf Coasts. Anhingas also occur in the tropical Americas. Their preferred habitat s include freshwater and coastal water bodies with large trees and thick vegetation.
• Anhingas feed primarily on fish and aquatic invertebrates.
• Anhingas lay 2 to 5 eggs which hatch in 25 to 29 days. Both sexes incubate and they are monogamous.
• Nick names for Anhingas include “water turkey” and “snake bird”.

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