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Eurypygiformes / Eurypygidae / Eurypyga

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Eurypyga helias

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (sunbit1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Eurypygiformes
Family: Eurypygidae
Genus: Eurypyga

Subspecies (3)

Eurypyga helias helias

Colombia to Venezuela, the Guianas, Amazonian Brazil, and eastern Bolivia
Eurypyga helias major

far southern Mexico and Guatemala to western Ecuador
Eurypyga helias meridionalis

south-central Peru (Junín and Cusco)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (sunbit1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.