-
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...
- mid-Tertiary, with the
ancestral Heliornis colonizing the
Americas via Beringia.
Finfoots appear to have poor
dispersal capabilities over
marine habitats, which...
- rigid. Each
pouch can hold one or two chicks. It is
unknown whether other finfoots share this trait, as it does not
persist in
prepared skins and
would be...
- 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...
- (flufftails)
Family Heliornithidae Gray, 1841 (
finfoots and sungrebe)
Genus Heliopais Sharpe, 1893 (Asian/masked
finfoots)
Genus Podica Lesson, 1831 [Rhigelura...
- However, such a
group would probably also
include the
Heliornithidae (
finfoots and sungrebes), an
exclusively tropical group that is
somewhat convergent...
-
Common name
Binomial Status African finfoot Podica senegalensis...
-
Common name
Binomial Status Masked finfoot Heliopais personatus Winter visitor and p****age migrant, endangered...
-
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...
