Sunbittern
Eurypyga helias
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Eurypygiformes
- Family
- Eurypygidae
- Genus
- Eurypyga
- eBird Code
- sunbit1
Subspecies (3)
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Eurypyga helias helias
Colombia to Venezuela, the Guianas, Amazonian Brazil, and eastern Bolivia
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Eurypyga helias major
far southern Mexico and Guatemala to western Ecuador
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Eurypyga helias meridionalis
south-central Peru (Junín and Cusco)
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.