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Heliornithidae
| Heliornithidae Temporal range: Middle Miocene to present,
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| African finfoot (adult male) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Heliornithidae GR Gray, 1840 |
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The Heliornithidae are a small family of tropical birds with webbed lobes on their feet like those of grebes and coots. The family overall are known as finfoots, although one species is known as a sungrebe. The family is composed of three species in three genera.
- ^ Olson, Storrs L. (2003). "First fossil record of a finfoot (Aves: Heliornithidae) and its biogeographical significance". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 116: 732––736.
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