Bird

Anhinga

Anhinga anhinga

Names as given by USGS GAP.

Year-round and summer in Alabama, breeding, in the USGS range maps. Its habitat models include 7 habitats found here.

Seasons here: Year-round and summer
Breeding: Breeding
Range: 31 of 67 counties
Habitats: 7

Male Anhinga, whole bird — **Male**. (c) Daughter Dad, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY. iNaturalist photo 612028718. iNaturalist large derivative; no local crop or retouch.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Seasons in Alabama: Year-round and summer
Breeding: Breeding
Counties in known range: 31 of 67
Habitat models: Summer, Winter

Where it lives

Southeast habitat models (USGS, 2001 land cover). The bird is not in every place a habitat occurs. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models Summer model Winter model

Habitats in Alabama 7

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there. Shared habitat, not food.

1 of 7

Summer and winterSouthern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Nupea ModifierRegional / representative. Shown: Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Georgia; representative pond ecosystem, a neighboring state.Georgia pond and emergent wetland, Robert 'Bob' Hynes, 1997. Public domain. Source record.

Summer and winterSouthern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp; Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plain Swamp Systems; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress DomeRegional / representative. Shown: Southern coastal swamps, Florida to Virginia; state not identified, a neighboring state.Loblolly bay in a coastal swamp, Marian Ellis Rowan, 1901. Public domain. Source record.

Coastal tidal marshes (salinity not stated)

Tidal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts where the source does not say whether the water is fresh, brackish or salt. A stated salinity files the marsh under freshwater tidal marshes or salt and brackish marshes instead.

Summer and winter

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

Summer and winter

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

Summer and winterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems; East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest; Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest

Salt and brackish marshes

Coastal marshes flooded by salty or brackish tides.

Summer and winterMississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh

Other habitats in its models (35)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Alabama.

Open Water (Aquaculture) Summer and winter
Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Summer and winter
Unconsolidated Shore Summer and winter
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Summer and winter
Atlantic Coastal Plain Indian River Lagoon Tidal Marsh Summer
Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Salt and Brackish Marsh Summer
Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh Summer and winter
Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Summer and winter
West Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Summer and winter
Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural Lakeshore Summer and winter
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Tidal Wooded Swamp Summer and winter
South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh Summer and winter
Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer and winter
South Florida Mangrove Swamp Summer and winter
West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Summer and winter
South Florida Bayhead Swamp Summer and winter
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer and winter
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Winter
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Winter
Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland Summer and winter
South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Summer and winter
Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Summer and winter
South Florida Cypress Dome Summer and winter
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Summer and winter
Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore Summer and winter
South Florida Freshwater Slough and Gator Hole Summer and winter
Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer and winter
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Summer and winter
Mississippi River Riparian Forest Summer and winter
Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Summer and winter
West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Summer and winter
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Summer and winter
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer and winter
Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Summer and winter
Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Summer and winter