Species profile
Masked Finfoot
Heliopais personatus
Quick answer
Bangladesh and ne India to Indochina; winters to Sumatra
- Scientific name
- Heliopais personatus
- Family
- Heliornithidae
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Genus
- Heliopais
- Conservation status
- Critically Endangered
Recording Masked Finfoot in your journal
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