African Darter
Closely related to the American Anhinga
anhinga
...throughout Sub-Saharan Africa
where large waters occur.
Anhinga rufa
(L 28-31")
Lake Baringo
30Oct2014
In 1944 US Submarines
Darter and Dace sank two
Japanese cruisers.
       (Don Johnson)
Anhinga is from the Tupi Indian
(Brazil) language;
rufa is Latin
for
red or a wide spectrum of
colors in ornithology..
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