Australian Darter

Australian Darter

Taxobox
name = Australian Darter


image_width = 239px
image_caption = Australian Darter, "Anhinga novaehollandiae"
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
status_ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=aut|BirdLife International|year=2004|id=49546|title=Anhinga novaehollandiae|downloaded=27 July 2007]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
subclassis = Neornithes
infraclassis = Neoaves
ordo = Pelecaniformes
subordo = Sulae
familia = Anhingidae
genus = "Anhinga"
species = "A. novaehollandiae"
binomial = "Anhinga novaehollandiae"
binomial_authority = (Gould, 1847)
synonyms = "Anhinga laticeps" (De Vis, 1906)
"Anhinga melanogaster novaehollandiae" "Plotus laticeps" De Vis, 1906

The Australian Darter or Australasian Darter ("Anhinga novaehollandiae") is a species of bird in the darter family, Anhingidae . It is found in Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea.

It is closely related to American ("Anhinga anhinga"), African ("Anhinga rufa"), and Oriental ("Anhinga melanogster") Darters.

Typical habitat is freshwater or brackish wetlands more than 0.5m deep with fallen trees or logs and vegetated banks; less commonly, Darters are found in sheltered saltwater or estuarine environments.

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