Masked Finfoot
Heliopais personatus
CRCritically Endangered
- Family
- Finfoots (Heliornithidae)
- Order
- Gruiformes
Overview
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.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Bangladesh and northeastern India to Indochina; winters to Sumatra.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Masked finfoot
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
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