Family Heliornithidae - Finfoots [1]
The finfoots (Heliornithidae) and flufftails (Sarothruridae) are sister taxa (Hackett et al. 2008).
Heliornithidae genera: 3
Heliornithidae species: 3
Heliornithidae subspecies: 4
Heliornithidae Breeding Range: MA, OR, SA, AF [2]
Heliornithidae edit
| Common name | Species + authority | Br. range |
au | yr | id |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| African finfoot | Podica senegalensis (Vieillot, 1817) | AF | Viei | 1817 | 1 |
| Masked finfoot | Heliopais personatus (Gray, GR, 1849) | OR | Gray | 1849 | 2 |
| Sungrebe | Heliornis fulica (Boddaert, 1783) | MA SA | Bodd | 1783 | 3 |
Heliornithidae genera edit
| Genus + authority | spp | Br. range |
au | yr | id | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Podica Lesson, RP, 1831 | 1 | AF | Less | 1831 | 1 | |
| Heliopais Sharpe, 1893 | 1 | OR | Shar | 1893 | 2 | |
| Heliornis Bonnaterre, 1791 | 1 | MA SA | Bonn | 1791 | 3 |
References edit
- ^ Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). https://www.worldbirdnames.org
- ^ IOC Ranges