Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) - BirdLife species factsheet

Anhinga Anhinga anhinga

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N. J.; Christie, D. A.; Elliott, A.; Fishpool, L. D. C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International.
SACC. 2006. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm.
SACC. 2006. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	1,235 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	28,700,000 km²	medium
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	26,500,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	8.8 years	-	-	-

Trend justification: The overall population trend is decreasing, although some populations have unknown trends (Wetlands International 2006), and in North America the trend is increasing (based on BBS/CBC data: Butcher and Niven 2007).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor
Antigua and Barbuda	extant	vagrant			yes
Argentina	extant	native	yes
Bahamas	extant	vagrant			yes
Barbados	extant	vagrant			yes
Belize	extant	native	yes
Bolivia	extant	native	yes
Brazil	extant	native	yes
Canada	extant	vagrant			yes
Cayman Islands (to UK)	extant	vagrant			yes
Colombia	extant	native	yes
Costa Rica	extant	native	yes
Cuba	extant	native	yes
Dominica	extant	vagrant			yes
Dominican Republic	extant	vagrant			yes
Ecuador	extant	native	yes
El Salvador	extant	native	yes
French Guiana	extant	native	yes
Grenada	extant	vagrant			yes
Guadeloupe (to France)	extant	vagrant			yes
Guatemala	extant	native	yes
Guyana	extant	native	yes
Haiti	extant	vagrant			yes
Honduras	extant	native	yes
Jamaica	extant	vagrant			yes
Martinique (to France)	extant	vagrant			yes
Mexico	extant	native	yes
Montserrat (to UK)	extant	vagrant			yes
Nicaragua	extant	native	yes
Panama	extant	native	yes
Paraguay	extant	native	yes
Peru	extant	native	yes
St Kitts and Nevis	extant	vagrant			yes
St Lucia	extant	vagrant			yes
St Vincent and the Grenadines	extant	vagrant			yes
Suriname	extant	native	yes
Trinidad and Tobago	extant	vagrant			yes
Turks and Caicos Islands (to UK)	extant	vagrant			yes
Uruguay	extant	native		yes
USA	extant	native		yes
Venezuela	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Mexico	Centro de Veracruz

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)	major	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 900 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(max) 3100 m

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Anhinga Anhinga anhinga. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/anhinga-anhinga-anhinga on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.