monitored to safeguard it. There are currently no African finfoots in captivity. References Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume Three, Hoatzin to Auks; de Hoyo, Elliot and Sargatal, External links African finfoot - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds. Heliornithidae Birds of Africa Birds of Southern Africa Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa Birds described in 1817 Taxa named by Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot