Finfoots (Heliornithidae)
Masked Finfoot (Heliopais personata) - HBW 3, p. 217
French: Grébifoulque d'Asie
German: Maskenbinsenralle
Spanish: Avesol Asiático
Other common names: Asian Finfoot
Taxonomy: Podica personata G. R. Gray, 1849, Malacca.
Suggested subdivision of family into two subfamilies places present species in Podicinae alongside Podica senegalensis. Monotypic.
Distribution: Bangladesh and NE India (Assam) through Myanmar and Thailand to Cambodia and Vietnam; status uncertain in Malaysia and Sumatra, but recently recorded all year round in NW Sumatra.
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adult male performing a 'swim-past' by an assembled battery of appreciative photographers Locality Upper Seletar Reservoir, Singapore (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 11 January 2010 3 years ago 44 sec 4.8 -
adult male, swimming from vegetation then swims quickly to about half way across the small bay it is frequenting before heading Locality Upper Seletar Reservoir, Singapore (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 11 January 2010 3 years ago 44 sec 4.6 -
adult male swimming in shallow margin, flicks tail a couple of times Locality Upper Seletar Reservoir, Singapore (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 11 January 2010 3 years ago 1 min 6 sec 4.5 -
adult male preening under over hanging vegetation, swims out in to the open catching a small fish on the way Locality Upper Seletar Reservoir, Singapore (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 11 January 2010 3 years ago 57 sec 4.4 -
adult male feeding in lake margins, is spooked by something unseen, wags tail, flaps wings, then regains composure and continues Locality Upper Seletar Reservoir, Singapore (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 11 January 2010 3 years ago 1 min 3 sec 4.3 -
adult male swimming in shallows Locality Upper Seletar Reservoir, Singapore (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 11 January 2010 3 years ago 23 sec 4.3
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A male swimming on a pond.
Locality Khao Yai National Park, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Rob Hutchinson 1 March 2010 32 weeks ago 4.3 -
A 'mystical' bird wanted by every birder!
Locality Khao Yai National Park, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand
Peter Ericsson 1 March 2010 1 year ago 3.8
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