{"id":44348,"date":"2013-08-07T13:26:30","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T11:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/oriental-darter-anhinga-melanogaster-nt\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:16:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:16:19","slug":"oriental-darter-anhinga-melanogaster","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/threatened-bird-species\/nt-near-threatened\/oriental-darter-anhinga-melanogaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This species occurs in Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysian Borneo, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, Java and Sulawesi. This species is classified as Near Threatened because its population is suspected to be in moderately rapid decline owing to pollution, drainage, hunting and the collection of eggs and nestlings.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet :\u00a0Oriental Darter <em>Anhinga melanogaster <\/em><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-422-44348\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-16741\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/oriental-darter-anhinga-melanogaster\/ba0i8698_flkr.jpg\" title=\"Oriental Darter - Anhinga Melanogaster\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Oriental Darter - Anhinga Melanogaster\" alt=\"Oriental Darter - Anhinga Melanogaster\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/oriental-darter-anhinga-melanogaster\/thumbs\/thumbs_ba0i8698_flkr.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Oriental Darter - Anhinga Melanogaster<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-10064\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/oriental-darter-anhinga-melanogaster\/at0r5435_flkr.jpg\" title=\"Oriental Darter Anhinga Melanogaster\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Oriental Darter Anhinga Melanogaster\" alt=\"Oriental Darter Anhinga Melanogaster\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/oriental-darter-anhinga-melanogaster\/thumbs\/thumbs_at0r5435_flkr.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Oriental Darter Anhinga Melanogaster<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-10063\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/oriental-darter-anhinga-melanogaster\/at0r3418_flkr.jpg\" title=\"Oriental Darter Anhinga Melanogaster\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Oriental Darter Anhinga Melanogaster\" alt=\"Oriental Darter Anhinga Melanogaster\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/oriental-darter-anhinga-melanogaster\/thumbs\/thumbs_at0r3418_flkr.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"283\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Oriental Darter Anhinga Melanogaster<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3672\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/oriental-darter-anhinga-melanogaster\/img_4487.jpg\" title=\"Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster \" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster \" alt=\"Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/oriental-darter-anhinga-melanogaster\/thumbs\/thumbs_img_4487.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3671\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/oriental-darter-anhinga-melanogaster\/img_4483.jpg\" title=\"Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster \" 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This species is classified as Near Threatened because its population is suspected to be in moderately rapid decline owing to pollution, drainage, hunting and the collection of eggs and nestlings. 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