-
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
African finfoot (Podica senegalensis) is an
aquatic bird from the
family Heliornithidae (the
finfoots and sungrebe). The
species lives in the rivers...
- The
masked finfoot or
Asian finfoot (Heliopais personatus) is a
highly endangered aquatic bird that was
formerly distributed throughout the
fresh and brackish...
- Heliornithidae, to
which it belongs,
contains just two
other species: the
African finfoot,
Podica senegalensis,
found in the
Afrotropics from Sub-saharan West Africa...
- 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...
- This is a list of the bird
species recorded in Colombia.
According to the
South American classification Committee (SACC) of the
American Ornithological...
- This is a list of the bird
species recorded in Paraguay. The
avifauna of
Paraguay has 694
confirmed species, of
which two have been
introduced by humans...
- However, such a
group would probably also
include the
Heliornithidae (
finfoots and sungrebes), an
exclusively tropical group that is
somewhat convergent...
- This is a list of the bird
species recorded in Argentina. The
avifauna of
Argentina has 1046
confirmed species, of
which 18 are endemic, nine have been...
