What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Anhinga been recorded?

Anhinga anhinga occurrence evidence comes from 8,328 records in 22 countries and territories, from 1872 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

Anhinga
Anhinga — Photo (display-sized rendition): Tim from Ithaca · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesSuliformesAnhingidaeAnhinga

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

8,328 records across 22 countries and territories, 1872–2026.

Anhinga anhinga · GBIF taxon key 2482082

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: February.

1 month reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: February. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18722026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Anhinga has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Anhinga. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 7,112
Colombia 742
Mexico 107
Argentina 97
Costa Rica 94
Brazil 58
Trinidad & Tobago 22
Ecuador 15
Panama 15
El Salvador 14
Belize 10
Venezuela 8
Guyana 7
Cuba 6
Peru 6
Bolivia 5
Nicaragua 3
Honduras 2
Uruguay 2
French Guiana 1
Guatemala 1
Cayman Islands 1

Related animals

Others in the family Anhingidae.

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Oriental Darter
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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.