Australasian darter

Weight

1.48 kg – 1.54 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

16 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

wetlandsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

28 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

4src for Young per litter or clutch

Lifestyle

Aquaticsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Sedentarysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

1 countrysrc for Countries on record

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The australasian darter is listed for 1 country.

The same countries as a list

1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

The australasian darter is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderSuliformes
5. familyAnhingidae
6. genusAnhinga
7. SpeciesAnhinga novaehollandiae (Gould, 1847)

Synonyms Anhinga melanogaster novaehollandiae, Plotus novaehollandiae, Plotus novaehollandiae derbyi

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Oriental darter

Anhinga melanogaster

Anhingidae

LC, Least Concern

Anhinga

Anhinga anhinga

Anhingidae

LC, Least Concern

African darter

Anhinga rufa

Anhingidae

A

Anhinga beckeri

AnhingidaeNo free photo yet

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@misc{australasian_darter_2026,
  title = {Australasian darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/australasian-darter},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}