Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Слънчева чапла |
| Czech | slunatec nádherný |
| Dutch | Zonneral |
| English | Sunbittern |
| English (United States) | Sunbittern |
| French | Caurale soleil |
| French (French Guiana) | Caurale soleil |
| German | Sonnenralle |
| Japanese | ジャノメドリ |
| Norwegian | solrikse |
| Polish | słonecznica |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | pavãozinho-do-pará |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Pavãozinho-do-pará |
| Russian | Солнечная цапля |
| Serbian | Sunčana čaplja |
| Slovak | pachriašteľ nádherný |
| Spanish | Tigana |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Garza del Sol |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Garceta Sol |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Pájaro Sol |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Ave Sol |
| Spanish (Panama) | Garza del Sol |
| Spanish (Peru) | Tigana |
| Spanish (Spain) | Tigana |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Tigana |
| Swedish | solrall |
| Turkish | Balabanyelvesi |
| Ukrainian | Тігана |
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Sunbittern Eurypyga helias
Sarah A. MacLean
Version: 1.0 — Published July 1, 2010
Version: 1.0 — Published July 1, 2010
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Demography and Populations
Introduction
Flower (1938) wrote that captive Sunbitterns have been reported to live up to 17 years, but there is at least one account of a male Sunbittern in the San Diego zoo who lived to at least 24 years of age (Haye 1989). Birdlife International (2009) estimates that the wild population falls into the considerably large category of 500,000-4,999,999 individuals. No other demographic information available.