Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias) [XC528739]
by Alejandro Mora from Setor Samambaia, mata seca, perto da UFG-Agronomia, Goi\u00e2nia-Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (song)
Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias) [XC820776]
by Paul Driver from Pichincha: Mindo 1275 m, Ecuador (begging call, 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).