- Eurypyga helias
Identification
43–48 cm (17-19 in)
Black head with 2 white lines, upperparts vermiculated brown and black. Throat and vent white, belly pale buff.
Distribution
Central and South America: found from southern Mexico to northern Bolivia and Amazonian Brazil
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 3 subspecies1:
- E. h. major:
- E. h. meridionalis:
- Threatened; south-central Peru (Junín and Cuzco)
- E. h. helias:
Habitat
Humid lowland forests; wooded streams or creeks at elevations of up to 909 m.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet consists of insects, such as beetles, flies, spiders, moths, cockroaches and dragonflies etc.
Breeding
They build a domed nest in a tree and 2 grey eggs are normally laid.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2016)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Sunbittern. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Sunbittern
External Links
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