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The Snake-bird is a constant resident in the Floridas, and the lower parts of Louisiana, Alabama, and Georgia.
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cormorant (q.v.) and gannet as well as the true pelicans, and for a long while these and some other distinct groups, as the snake-birds (q.v.), frigate-birds (q.v.) and tropic-birds (q.v.), which have all the four toes of the foot connected by a web, ...
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Darters are frequently referred to as " snake-birds" because of their long thin neck, which gives a snake-like appearance when they swim with their bodies submerged.
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Another common name, snake-bird, describes the darter's habit of swimming with its body submerged and only the snakelike head and long, curved neck exposed. In the S United States darters are called water turkeys, for no apparent reason.
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 See also: Anhinga, Cormorant, Snake, Darter, Swallow
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