Gruiformes

Sunbittern (Eurypygidae)

HBW 3, p. 226 Learn more about the Handbook of the Birds of the World - Volume 3 on the Lynx Edicions website.

• Medium-sized heron-like birds, with long bill and neck and beautifully patterned plumage.
• Central and South America.
• Humid tropical and lower subtropical forest, near water.
• 1 genus, 1 species, 3 taxa.
• No species threatened; none extinct since 1600.