Species profile—Anhinga novaehollandiae (Australasian darter)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Anhingidae (darters) → Anhinga novaehollandiae (Australasian darter)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Anhingidae (darters)
- Scientific name
- Anhinga novaehollandiae Pennant, 1769
- Common name
- Australasian darter
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1279
- Synonym(s)
- Anhinga melanogaster
- Alternate name(s)
- darter
needle-beak shag
diver - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- Low
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- All 3
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1279
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
