Masked Finfoot

The Masked Finfoot is an underwater specialist, with a long neck, and a striking sharp beak and lobed feet which are green. The male and female both have a black mask and eyebrow that contrasts with a white eyering and lateral cervical stripe. The rest of the neck is grey, the breast is pale and the back, wings and tail are rich brown. The males have an all black chin while the females have a white chin.

The Masked Finfoot is classified as Endangered (EN), considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

The Masked Finfoot, (Heliopais personata), is an aquatic bird from the fresh and brackish wetlands of southeastern Asia, Indochina, Malaysia and Indonesia. Like the rest of the family, the African Finfoot and the Sungrebe, the relationship to other birds is poorly understood. More

The Masked Finfoot is an underwater specialist, with a long neck, and a striking sharp beak and lobed feet which are green. The male and female both have a black mask and eyebrow that contrasts with a white eyering and lateral cervical stripe. The rest of the neck is grey, the breast is pale and the back, wings and tail are rich brown. The males have an all black chin while the females have a white chin. More

The recent sighting of the Masked Finfoot (Heliopais personata) in Singapore has generated numerous of images, mostly portrait shots but there are behaviour shots as well. The Masked Finfoot is adapted for an aquatic habitat but this does not mean that it is clumsy on land. On land it can run fast and even clamber into trees, moving around the branches with agility. This is made possible by the feet that are not fully webbed. Like in coots and grebes, the feet are lobed. More

Masked Finfoot sighted in Singapore - Posted by BESG on 14 January 10, Thursday Contributed by KC Tsang, Johnny Wee, Mark Chua & David Tan A Masked Finfoot (Heliopais personata) was sighted in Singapore’s Upper Seletar Resevior in early January 2010. The bird is an extremely rare, non-breeding visitor and obviously everyone was excited. More

Masked Finfoot (Heliopais personata), also called Asian Finfoot, is a local resident in India (Assam and West Bengal). Size: 56 cm. Identification: The Masked Finfoot is a brownish bird with black facial mask and yellowish bill. The male has a prominent black throat and foreneck while the female has a white throat and foreneck surrounded by a prominent black border. The legs and 'lobed' feet are pea green. More

Masked finfoot feeds on molluscs, crustaceans, insects, small fish and vegetables. Breeding season July-August. Nest is a circular pad of twigs; located 1-3 m up on a horizontal branch. Eggs normally 5/6, creamy in colour. Found in the creeks and rivers of the Sundarbans. Also occurs in India, Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia. Tell a friend: Join Banglapedia Mailing List You are visitor no. More

Masked Finfoot (Heliopais personata) = IUCN Red List: Vulnerable CITES Appendix (Not Listed) - The endangered Masked Finfoot is an especially poorly known and infrequently observed bird of Southeast Asia. Masked Finfoots are a very shy aquatic birds with long necks and tapered bills; it may appear to be a cross between a duck and a rail. More

Masked Finfoot - elusive bird of the Sundarbans, Bangladesh = by M. Monirul H. Khan, from OBC Bulletin 38, December 2003. It was dusk when I was coming back to my research camp after surveying for signs of tiger in the mangroves of the Sundarbans of Bangladesh on 17 January 2003. I was on a small boat in one of the creeks, during the low tide, facing a rising full moon in the sky. More

the masked finfoot (Heliopais personata) and the African finfoot (Podica senegalensis), and differences between these species and the sungrebe, have led to the proposed separation of the sungrebe into the subfamily Heliornithinae and the other species into the subfamily Podicinae. Physical characteristics Sungrebes have a long neck; slender body; sharp pointed bill; brightly colored feet with lobed toes and sharp claws; and a long, broad tail. More

Masked finfoot (Heliopais personatus) = Species information - * Facts & Status * Description * Glossary & References * All * Images Masked finfoot in degraded habitat Masked finfoot in degraded habitat Species related by - * Family group More

the Masked Finfoot is almost entirely unknown. All three species exhibit some changes in appearance prior to breeding - Masked Finfoots develop a fleshy knob above the bill, and the plumage of the male African Finfoot and female Sungrebe also change. There is considerable variation within the finfoots on several aspects of breeding; in the Sungrebe the nest building and incubation duties are shared between the sexes, in the African Finfoot the female alone incubates. More

* Masked Finfoot, Heliopais personata * Sungrebe, Heliornis fulica * Family Rhynochetidae: Kagu * Family Eurypigidae: Sunbittern * Family Cariamidae: seriemas * Family Otidae: bustards * Family Gruidae: cranes Copyright More

The Masked Finfoot at FRIM From December 2004 until May 2005 the Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) had an unexpected and rare visitor, a Masked Finfoot (Heliopais personata). This bird, a migrant in Peninsular Malaysia, is normally very shy and there is not much photographic material available. More

The masked finfoot has less stiffening and the sungrebe none. The legs and feet are brightly colored: orange in the African finfoot, pea green in the masked finfoot, and yellow with black stripes in the sungrebe. Bill colors are also bright. All species have predominantly brown upperparts (spotted white in the African finfoot), a patterned head and neck with a white stripe down the side of the neck, and white underparts (variably barred with brown in the African finfoot). More

* Masked Finfoot, Heliopais personatus Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary. More

sought after bird among bird watcher in Malaysia, Masked Finfoot is usually spotted in Taman Negara. We can consider that it was the most incredible bird watching period in 2005. The bird just ignored the presence of people visiting the site and even the scavenging reptile, water monitor did not matter at all. Posted in Birds 1 year, 6 months ago at 7:13 pm. Add a comment Previous Post: 80 Storks in Bangi Next Post: Fraser’s Famous Raptor Comments are closed. More

The Masked Finfoot (Heliopais personata) is a species of aquatic bird found in fresh and brackish waters in southeastern Asia, Indochina, Malaysia and Indonesia. Its habitat includes forest, wooded savannah, flooded forest, and mangrove swamps. This is a vulnerable species and the population has been steadily declining with numbers fewer than 10,000 individuals worldwide. Common threats are human disturbance and habitat loss. It is a protected species in Malaysia. More