Anhinga novaehollandiae

2 Australasian Darter at Yarralumla, ACT

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Identification history

	Anhinga novaehollandiae	3 Nov 2020	MatthewFrawley
	Anhinga novaehollandiae	3 Nov 2020	JonSteinbeck

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An Australasian Darter, probably a female, was resting on a branch. I probably got a little too close and the bird started to look around, possibly to check on what its options for escape were. I noticed that it had something on its beak, possibly plastic. I am not sure what it was, and I had a closer look at the photograph, but it may have been some ring that the darter had attempted to spear with its beak.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.096047 -35.291100
Altitude 554.6m
Maps Lake Burley Griffin West
Places Yarralumla, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
24 Oct 2020 05:48 AM Recorded on
JonSteinbeck Recorded by
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BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Colonial nesters (Herons, Cormorants, etc) Water birds Birds

Species information

Anhinga novaehollandiae Scientific name
Australasian Darter Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 704.2m Recorded at altitude
426 images trained Machine learning
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Synonyms
Anhinga melanogaster

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