Sungrebe (Heliornis fulica)

Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

South-eastern Mexico south through Central America and throughout most of northern South America mainly east of the Andes, as far southern as Bolivia and north-eastern Argentina.

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

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Fish, aquatic plants.

Voice
Usually silent. A honking 'eeooo-eeooo-eeooo' uttered during the breeding season.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (43)...)

Sungrebe (Heliornis fulica) [XC37241]
by Bernabe Lopez-Lanus from Monte Alegre, State of Par\u00e1, Brazil (song)

Sungrebe (Heliornis fulica) [XC713766]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from M\u00e2ncio Lima, M\u00e2ncio Lima, Acre, Brazil (call, flight call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Sungrebe (Heliornis fulica) - 10 files

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