Habitat: The Anhinga will favor fresh water marshes, ponds, lakes and wooded rivers, in the lowlands. Distribution: This species has been reported from southeastern United States to Bolivia, northern Argentina, and Uruguay; Cuba and Granada. Natural History Notes: The Anhinga is a freshwater aquatic bird that looks like cormorans, but differ by the shape of its bill and by the shape of the neck and the tail. You will usually find it perched on branches, waiting for fish. It forages by going underwater, catching the fish and by flipping the fish into the air as it resurfaces, and to finally swallowing the fish as it falls. Conservation status according to IUCN 2008 Red list: Least Concern (LC). Characteristics: The total length of this species varies between 82 cm and 91 cm (measured from tip of bill to end of tail). This large bird has a small head, a long pointed bill and, a fairly long slim neck and a long tail with a fan shape. Also, the feet are palmated. The male has a glossy black plumage, with a silver white area on the wings. The tail has the tip brown colored. The female looks similar but the head, the neck and the chest are all pale brown colored.