Hi, I'm Andrew and I’m just a simple zoology student and crustacean researcher from Ohio. This blog centers around animal IDs so feel free to send me any unknown species (and its location) that you have and I will take my best shot at IDing it! I also occasionally post random zoology/animal factoid things.
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Sungrebe (Heliornis fulica)
Also known as the American Finfoot, the sungrebe is a species of finfoot native to Central/South America ranging from southern Mexico to southern Brazil and northeast Argentina. Like other finfoots the sungrebe is an aquatic specialist and can use its lobed feet to paddle through the water with ease. Unlike other finfoots sungrebe chicks are born altricial. Their diet is mostly unknown but it is thought that they dive for molluscs and a variety of insects and other arthropods. Like actual grebes sungrebes are often found in swamps or marshes and spend a good portion of their lives in the water.
Phylogeny
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