Editing Anhinga (section)

{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{For|the bird genus ''Anhinga''|Darter}}
{{Speciesbox
| italic_title = no
| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Pleistocene|present}}
| image = Anhinga anhinga -Costa Rica-8.jpg
| image_caption = Male in Costa Rica
| image2 = Female anhinga in Florida.jpg
| image2_caption = Female in Florida
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 13 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Anhinga anhinga'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22696702A93581588 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22696702A93581588.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref>
| status2 = G5
| status2_system = TNC
| status2_ref = <ref>{{cite web|title=Anhinga anhinga|url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.100210/Anhinga_anhinga|website=[[NatureServe]] Explorer|access-date=17 April 2024}}</ref>
| genus = Anhinga
| species = anhinga
| authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1766)
| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
| subdivision = ''A. a. anhinga''<br />
''A. a. leucogaster''
| range_map = Anhinga Range.png
| range_map_caption = Range of ''A. anhinga'' {{leftlegend|#C65651|Breeding range|outline=gray}}{{leftlegend|#AE605A|Resident range|outline=gray}}
| synonyms = ''Plotus anhinga'' {{small|Linnaeus,&nbsp;1766}}
}}
The '''anhinga''' ({{IPAc-en|æ|n|ˈ|h|ɪ|ŋ|g|ə}}; '''''Anhinga anhinga'''''), sometimes called '''snakebird''', '''darter''', '''American darter''', or '''water turkey''', is a water bird of the warmer parts of the Americas. The word ''anhinga'' comes from ''a'ñinga'' in the Brazilian [[Tupi language]] and means "devil bird" or "snake bird".<ref>Ferreira, A. B. H. (1986). ''Novo Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa''. Second edition. Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira. p. 123.</ref> The origin of the name is apparent when swimming: only the neck appears above water, so the bird looks like a snake ready to strike. They do not have external nares (nostrils) and breathe solely through their [[epiglottis]].

The anhinga is placed in the darter family, [[Anhingidae]], and is closely related to [[Indian darter|Indian]] (''Anhinga melanogaster''), [[African darter|African]] (''Anhinga rufa''), and [[Australian darter|Australian]] (''Anhinga novaehollandiae'') [[darter]]s. Like other darters, the anhinga hunts by spearing fish and other small prey using its sharp, slender beak.