Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias) [XC66014]
by Jeremy Minns from Hato Pinero, Cojedes, Venezuela (call)
Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias) [XC528738]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Setor Samambaia, mata seca, perto da UFG-Agronomia, Goi\u00e2nia-Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (song)
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 (Junín and Cuzco).