- The
African finfoot (Podica senegalensis) is an
aquatic bird from the
family Heliornithidae (the
finfoots and sungrebe). The
species lives in the rivers...
-
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;...
- 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...
- (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...
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2023). "Flufftails,
finfoots, rails, trumpeters, cranes, limpkin".
World Bird List
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Brazil has one of the
richest bird
diversities in the world. The
avifauna of
Brazil include a
total of 1861
confirmed species of
which 238 are endemic...
- This is a list of the bird
species recorded in
Ecuador including those of the Galápagos Islands. The
avifauna of
Ecuador has 1666
confirmed species, of...
- Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Flufftails,
finfoots, rails, trumpeters, cranes, limpkin". IOC
World Bird List
Version 11.2...
