Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias) [XC856874]
by id from Calabozo (near El Jobito), Francisco de Miranda, Gu\u00e1rico, Venezuela (song)
Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias) [XC655574]
by Paul Driver from Ass. San Luis, San Ignacio, Jos\u00e9 Miguel de Velasco, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia (call, 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).