Birds > Finfoots & Rails
The Masked Finfoot (Heliopais personatus) is one of the rarest, most enigmatic, and critically endangered waterbirds on Earth. The sole Asian representative of the ancient family Heliornithidae, this bizarre waterbird combines a dagger-like yellow bill, a jet-black...
Birds > Finfoots & Rails
The Sungrebe (Heliornis fulica), also known as the American Finfoot, is a remarkable Neotropical waterbird and the only American member of the ancient family Heliornithidae. With a slender, torpedo-shaped body, vivid red bill, and dazzling black-and-yellow banded...
Birds > Finfoots & Rails
The African Finfoot (Podica senegalensis) is a bizarre, highly secretive aquatic bird belonging to the small, ancient family Heliornithidae. Neither a duck nor a grebe, this reclusive waterbird combines a slender, cormorant-like neck with a serrated bright orange bill...
