Heliornithidae

Heliornithidae; Temporal range: Middle Miocene to present, 16–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	African finfoot (adult male)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Gruiformes
Family:	Heliornithidae; GR Gray, 1840
Genera and species
	African finfoot Podica senegalensis; Masked finfoot Heliopais personatus; Sungrebe Heliornis fulica;

The Heliornithidae are a small family of tropical birds with webbed lobes on their feet like those of grebes and coots. The family overall are known as finfoots, although one species is known as a sungrebe. The family is composed of three species in three genera.

^ Olson, Storrs L.; Olson, Storrs L. (2003). "First fossil record of a finfoot (Aves: Heliornithidae) and its biogeographical significance". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 116: 732––736.

[Olson2003-1] Olson, Storrs L.; Olson, Storrs L. (2003). "First fossil record of a finfoot (Aves: Heliornithidae) and its biogeographical significance". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 116: 732––736.

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