Heliornithidae

Heliornithidae
African finfoot (adult male)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Heliornithidae
GR Gray, 1840
Genera and species
  • African finfoot Podica senegalensis
  • Masked finfoot Heliopais personatus
  • Sungrebe Heliornis fulica

The Heliornithidae are a small family of tropical birds with webbed lobes on their feet like those of grebes and coots. The family overall are known as finfoots, although one species is known as a sungrebe. The family is composed of three species in three genera.

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