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Oriental Darter
Anhinga melanogaster · Family Anhingidae
Anhinga melanogaster
Family Anhingidae
- Order
- Suliformes
- Family
- Anhingidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 247,010
- Countries and territories with records
- 48
About this species
This species has 247,010 occurrence records from 48 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (76.7%), Sri Lanka (7.8%), Thailand (3.9%), Malaysia (3.5%) and Cambodia (2.2%); together they account for 94.2% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.31% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Anhinga melanogaster combines the genus name Anhinga with the species epithet melanogaster. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Anhinga; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Anhinga anhinga, Anhinga novaehollandiae and Anhinga rufa.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 4 species of the family Anhingidae. This species ranks 3rd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Anhinga anhinga. Its record count is 41.3% of the family average (597,440). The family Anhingidae belongs to the order Suliformes, which has 48 species in the Warbla app catalog.