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[[Image:Masked_Finfoot.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by '''tunpin.ong'''<br>Location: Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Selangor, [[Malaysia]]]]
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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Location:  Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
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Long neck, sharp beak and lobed green feet. Black mask and eyebrow, white eyering and lateral cervical stripe. Grey neck, 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.
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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 considered VULNERABLE and declining, with fewer than 10,000 birds estimated to be the world population, and populations are fragmented. Threats are human disturbance and habitat loss. The bird is protected in Malaysia.
 
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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Across southern Asia and northern Indonesia  
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Breeds in [[Bangladesh]] and northeastern [[India]] to [[Indochina]]; winters to [[Sumatra]] ([[Indonesia]]).
 
==Taxonomy==
 
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A monotypic species.
 
==Habitat==
 
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The Masked finfoot can be found in a range of habitats in a variety of fresh to brackish wetlands. This range includes forest, wooded savannah, flooded forest, and even mangrove swamps.
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Fresh to brackish wetlands, forest, wooded savannah, flooded forest, and mangrove swamps.
 
==Behaviour==
 
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The finfoot feeds on aquatic invertebrates, including both adults and larval mayflies, dragonflies, crustaceans, also snails, fish and amphibians. They are thought to be highly opportunistic, and take some of their prey directly off the waters surface. They are adept out of water (unlike their namesakes, the grebes) and will forage on the banks as well.
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Diet includes aquatic invertebrates, adults and larval mayflies, dragonflies, crustaceans, also snails, fish and amphibians.  
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Finfoots are not gregarious in habits, and are usually seen singly or in pairs. They are very secretive, even experienced ornithologists see them very rarely (making them a prized sighting for birders and twitchers). Because they are so elusive it is not known if they spend most of their time in the water (where they are almost always seen) or on land.
 
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The breeding biology is poorly known; It is thought to coincide with the rainy season. They build a pad-shaped nest of small sticks above water. Five to seven eggs are laid. The chicks leave the nest shortly after hatching.
 
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A pad-shaped nest of small sticks is built above water. 5-7 eggs are laid. The chicks leave the nest shortly after hatching.
 
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*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=Heliopais+personata View more images of Masked Finfoot in the gallery]
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Latest revision as of 17:04, 15 July 2008

Heliopais personatus
Photo by tunpin.ong
Location: Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia

Identification

Long neck, sharp beak and lobed green feet. Black mask and eyebrow, white eyering and lateral cervical stripe. Grey neck, 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.

Distribution

Breeds in Bangladesh and northeastern India to Indochina; winters to Sumatra (Indonesia).

Taxonomy

A monotypic species.

Habitat

Fresh to brackish wetlands, forest, wooded savannah, flooded forest, and mangrove swamps.

Behaviour

Diet includes aquatic invertebrates, adults and larval mayflies, dragonflies, crustaceans, also snails, fish and amphibians.

A pad-shaped nest of small sticks is built above water. 5-7 eggs are laid. The chicks leave the nest shortly after hatching.

External Links

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