Sunbittern: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the sunbittern lives – recorded in 10 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Eurypyga helias
Group	Cuckoos, turacos & other birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	10 countries
Continents	North America, South America
Mass	227 g (adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Eurypygiformes
Family	Eurypygidae

Where does the sunbittern live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the sunbittern in 10 countries and territories across North America and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil, South America, Paragominas.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a sunbittern?

Wikidata records the following for the sunbittern: mass 227 g (adult weight).

Is the sunbittern endangered?

The sunbittern’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the sunbittern?

The sunbittern (Eurypyga helias) is a bird in the order Eurypygiformes and the family Eurypygidae, genus Eurypyga. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the sunbittern

The sunbittern (Eurypyga helias) is a bittern-like bird of tropical regions of the Americas, and the sole member of the family Eurypygidae (sometimes spelled Eurypigidae) 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 (Rhynochetos jubatus) of New Caledonia, indicating a Gondwanan origin, both species being placed in the clade Eurypygiformes.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Sunbittern (revision 1380578749), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q601107 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).