Adult male © Peter Kaestner eBird S35017050 Macaulay Library ML 50292081
Female/immature © Andrew Simon
Female/immature © Mark Greene
Female/immature © Holger Teichmann
Female/immature © Davey Walters
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Adult male and juvenile © Dan Vickers
Female/immature © Sara Griffith

Grænskutli Anhinga anhinga

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Identification

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Long-necked “snake bird” found in wooded swamps, marshes, and ponds. Males are black with white on wing; females similar but with brownish neck and head. Dives underwater and spears fish with dagger-like bill. Often swims with only head and neck out of water. Like cormorants, perches out in the open to spread wings and dry feathers. Similar shape to cormorants but even longer-tailed with a more sharply pointed bill. Occasionally soars.

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