American finfoot

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Illustration of an American finfoot (Heliornis fulica), showing a bird with brown upperparts, white underparts, a long neck, red bill, and distinctive yellow webbed feet, standing on a rock near water with reeds in the background.

American finfoot

bird

Also known as: Heliornis fulica, sungrebe

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The sungrebe, or American finfoot (Heliornis fulica), is only half that size, with a red bill, an olive body, and black-banded yellow toes. The male has skin pouches under the wing in which he carries the naked, helpless chicks from the nest upon hatching, clamping them so tightly…
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The sungrebe, or American finfoot (Heliornis fulica), is only half that size, with a red bill, an olive body, and black-banded yellow toes. The male has skin pouches under the wing in which he carries the naked, helpless chicks from the nest upon hatching, clamping them so tightly…
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