masked finfoot
Asian finfoot latin
heliopais personatus latin

The breeding behaviour of the Masked Finfoot is almost entirely unknown.

The Masked Finfoot is an underwater specialist with a long neck, a striking sharp beak and lobed feet which are green.

The Masked Finfoot is considered endangered and declining, with fewer than 2,500 birds estimated to be the world population, and populations are fragmented.

The African Finfoot belongs to a family whose only other members are the Masked Finfoot and the Sungrebe.

The Masked Finfoot has a scattered distribution from Eastern India down through southeast Asia to the Wallace Line.

Among the many birds found in the reserve are the white-winged wood duck (Cairina scutulata) and the masked finfoot (Heliopais personata).

The Masked Finfoot can be found in a range of habitats across southern Asia and northern Indonesia in a variety of fresh to brackish wetlands.

Unlike their close relatives, the African and Masked Finfoot, the sungrebe chicks are hatched with only sparse down and poorly-matured feet and bill.

The area is popular with birdwatchers coming to spot some of the most diverse and rare species in the world, the Masked Finfoot and the Brown-winged Kingfisher to name just a few.

The Masked Finfoot or Asian Finfoot, (Heliopais personatus), is an aquatic bird from the fresh and brackish wetlands of southeastern Asia, Indochina, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Rare species found are Hoolock gibbon, Phayre's leaf monkey, Pig-tailed macaque, Stump-tailed macaque, Masked Finfoot, White-winged Wood Duck etc., have been recorded.

The Heliornithidae family, to which it belongs, contains just two other species: the African Finfoot, Podica senegalensis, and the Masked Finfoot Heliopais personatus, which breeds in eastern India down through southeast Asia to the Wallace Line.

The important threatened species are Masked Finfoot, Indian Skimmer, Black-headed Ibis, Greater Adjutant, Lesser Adjutant, Baikal Teal, Baer's Pochard, Ferruginous Pochard, Wood snipe, Norman's Green shank and Spoon-billed Sandpiper.

The Masked Finfoot or Asian Finfoot, (Heliopais personatus), is an aquatic bird from the fresh and brackish wetlands of southeastern Asia, Indochina, Malaysia and Indonesia.

The Masked Finfoot or Asian Finfoot, (Heliopais personatus), is an aquatic bird from the fresh and brackish wetlands of southeastern Asia, Indochina, Malaysia and Indonesia.

The Heliornithidae family, to which it belongs, contains just two other species: the African Finfoot, Podica senegalensis, and the Masked Finfoot Heliopais personatus, which breeds in eastern India down through southeast Asia to the Wallace Line.