-
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 (Podica senegalensis) is an
aquatic bird from the
family Heliornithidae (the
finfoots and sungrebe). The
species lives in the rivers...
- Heliornithidae, to
which it belongs,
contains just two
other species: the
African finfoot,
Podica senegalensis,
found in the
Afrotropics from Sub-saharan West Africa...
-
Brazil has one of the
richest bird
diversities in the world. The
avifauna of
Brazil include a
total of 1861
confirmed species of
which 239 are endemic...
- 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...
- 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 Venezuela. The
avifauna of
Venezuela has 1413
confirmed species, of
which 45 are endemic, six have been...
- eagle, gymnogene,
jackal buzzard, white-rumped vulture, bald ibis,
African finfoot,
Knysna lourie, purple-crested lourie, Gurney's sugarbird,
malachite sunbird...
- However, such a
group would probably also
include the
Heliornithidae (
finfoots and sungrebes), an
exclusively tropical group that is
somewhat convergent...
