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overall are
known as
finfoots,
although one
species is
known as a sungrebe. The
family is
composed of
three species in
three genera.
Finfoots resemble rails;...
- The
masked finfoot or
Asian finfoot (Heliopais personatus) is a
highly endangered aquatic bird that was
formerly distributed throughout the
fresh and brackish...
- The
African finfoot or Peter’s
finfoot (Podica senegalensis) is an
aquatic bird from the
family Heliornithidae (the
finfoots and sungrebe). The species...
- The
sungrebe or
American finfoot (Heliornis fulica) is a
small aquatic gruiform found in the
tropical and
subtropical Americas from
northeastern Mexico...
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Brazil has one of the
richest bird
diversities in the world. The
avifauna of
Brazil include a
total of 1862
confirmed species of
which 239 are endemic...
- The
lists of
birds in the
light blue box
below are
divided by
biological family. The
lists are
based on The AOS Check-list of
North American Birds of the...
- This is a list of the bird
species recorded in Suriname. The
avifauna of
Suriname has 746
confirmed species, of
which one is endemic, one has been introduced...
- However, such a
group would probably also
include the
Heliornithidae (
finfoots and sungrebes), an
exclusively tropical group that is
somewhat convergent...
-
Flamingos (order Phoenicopteriformes) Cranes, rails, crakes, coots, moorhens,
finfoots and
limpkins (families Gruidae, Rallidae,[Heliornithidae] and Aramidae...
- This is a list of the bird
species recorded in Venezuela. The
avifauna of
Venezuela has 1413
confirmed species, of
which 45 are endemic, six have been...
