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The Masked Finfoot, scientifically named *Heliopais personatus*, is a species of bird within the class Aves. It belongs to the genus *Heliopais* and is also referred to by the common names Pedendang topeng, Maskenbinsenralle, and Avesol asiático. This taxon is classified as Critically Endangered according to the IUCN Red List, a status recorded in 2022.
The species has a range limited to Indonesia. It is one of the taxa referenced by 100 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 18 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, iNaturalist, Encyclopedia of Life, IUCN Red List, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
Critically EndangeredMasked Finfoot
species
マレーヒレアシ（Heliopais personata）は、ツル目ヒレアシ科マレーヒレアシ属に分類される鳥類。
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Critically Endangered
- Commons category
- Heliopais personatus
- taxon name
- Heliopais personatus
- short name
- H. personatus
- taxon common name
- pés-de-barbatana-asiático
- taxon range
- Indonesia
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Encyclopedic overview
The masked finfoot or Asian finfoot (Heliopais personatus) is a highly endangered aquatic bird that was formerly distributed throughout the fresh and brackish wetlands of the eastern Indian subcontinent, Indochina, Malaysia and Indonesia. Like the rest of the family, the African finfoot and the sungrebe, the relationship to other birds is poorly understood.
Evolution
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Masked Finfoot” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.