Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias)

Family
Eurypygidae (Sunbittern)

Size
45 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Pallas, 1781)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical swamp forest, rivers, streams. From sea-level - 1,830 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is 500,000 - 4,999,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (55)...)

Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias) [XC714640]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Fazenda Grot\u00e3o, Planaltina, Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil (song)

Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias) [XC828928]
by Francisco contreras from Pichincha: Mindo 1275 m, Ecuador (call)

Young
Precocial.

Subspecies
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

helias (Pallas, 1781) - Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas south through Amazonia to eastern Bolivia and central Brazil.
major Hartlaub, 1844 - Guatemala to western Ecuador. Possibly also southern Mexico.
meridionalis von Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1902 - South-central Peru (Jun�n and Cuzco).

References
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Files:

JPG files for Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias) - 10 files

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