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Heliornithidae (Finfoots)

Wikipedia Abstract

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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Genus

Heliopais (masked finfoot) (2)   (1)
Heliornis (sungrebe) (2)
Podica (African finfoot) (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0