Anhinga with red-brown neck?

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Posted by Justin Miller on May 13, 2018 at 19:27:02

I spotted an anhinga with an unusual coloration that I can't recall seeing previously. This one had the pattern of a juvenile or female with the different colored upper-half/neck area...but instead of the usual buff tan color, this one had a very distinct chestnut to reddish brown color. The colors seemed more like what other darter species in Asia look like - I couldn't recall ever seeing an anhinga with this coloration, and no other anhinga at Wakodatchee (out of 40+) had colors like this one. Is this something that is normal and can occur with anhingas, a rare color variation, some kind of hybrid? I've attached a photo of the bird - it really stood out even from 70 feet away - that reddish color really popped compared to all the other birds on the island.

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I spotted an anhinga with an unusual coloration that I can't recall seeing previously. This one had the pattern of a juvenile or female with the different colored upper-half/neck area...but instead of the usual buff tan color, this one had a very distinct chestnut to reddish brown color. The colors seemed more like what other darter species in Asia look like - I couldn't recall ever seeing an anhinga with this coloration, and no other anhinga at Wakodatchee (out of 40+) had colors like this one. Is this something that is normal and can occur with anhingas, a rare color variation, some kind of hybrid? I've attached a photo of the bird - it really stood out even from 70 feet away - that reddish color really popped compared to all the other birds on the island.

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