Masked finfoot
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The masked finfoot or Asian finfoot (Heliopais personatus) is a highly endangered aquatic bird that was formerly distributed throughout the fresh and brackish wetlands of the eastern Indian subcontinent, Indochina, Malaysia and Indonesia. Like the rest of the family, the African finfoot and the sungrebe, the relationship to other birds is poorly understood.
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Masked finfoot | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Gruiformes |
Family: | Heliornithidae |
Genus: | Heliopais Sharpe, 1893 |
Species: | H. personatus |
Binomial name | |
Heliopais personatus (G.R. Gray, 1849) | |
Synonyms | |
Podica personata Gray, 1849 |
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