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Sunbittern displaying Walking around Hato El Cedral, this Sunbittern decided to display to me. Very lucky. Venezuela, a wonderful country with beautiful, friendly people Eurypyga helias,Hato El Cedral,Sunbittern Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Sunbittern displaying

Walking around Hato El Cedral, this Sunbittern decided to display to me. Very lucky. Venezuela, a wonderful country with beautiful, friendly people

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    Patomarazul
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    Oooooh.... such a delight this bird! It was difficult to choose a pic of the two to Promote! Posted 5 years ago
    1. View NattyOne's profile
      NattyOne
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      It's a beauty - thanks, I was lucky Posted 5 years ago

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The Sunbittern

The sunbittern is a bittern-like bird of tropical regions of the Americas, and the sole member of the family Eurypygidae and genus "Eurypyga". It is found in Central and South America, and has three subspecies. The sunbittern shows both morphological and molecular similarities with the kagu of New Caledonia, indicating a Gondwanan origin, both species being placed in the clade Eurypygiformes.

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Similar species: Kagu And Sunbittern
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By NattyOne

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Uploaded Dec 11, 2019. Captured Aug 9, 2014 11:36.
country flag of Venezuela Explore Venezuela 548 282 0
  • Canon EOS 7D
  • f/4.0
  • 1/512s
  • ISO400
  • 200mm