Bird

Anhinga

Anhinga anhinga

A summer resident that nests in Arkansas. Found in 38 of 75 counties, across 4 habitats.

Here: Summer
Nesting: Nests here
Range: 38 of 75 counties
Habitats: 4

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
Here: Summer
Nesting: Nests here
Range: 38 of 75 counties
Habitats: 4
Habitat models: Summer, Winter

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Arkansas 4

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 4

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.

SummerWinter

Floodplain and bottomland forests

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

SummerWinterCentral Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems; Mississippi River Riparian Forest; Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest; West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs.

SummerWinterOpen Water (Fresh)

Swamps

Forested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps.

SummerWinterWest Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall; Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier

Other habitats in its models (42)

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

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.
Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Summer and winter.
Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh Summer and winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier Summer and winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier Summer and winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Nupea Modifier Summer and winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp Summer and winter.
Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plain Swamp Systems 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.
Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plain Tidal Marsh Systems 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.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin 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.
South Florida Cypress Dome Summer and winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine 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 - Forest Modifier Summer and winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier 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.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer and winter.
Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Summer and winter.