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 |
SPECIES
Sunbittern Eurypyga helias
Sarah A. MacLean
Version: 1.0 — Published July 1, 2010
Version: 1.0 — Published July 1, 2010
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Diet and Foraging
Diet
Feeds on small frogs, crayfish, and crabs (Stiles and Skutch 1989), as well as shrimp "and other smaller crustaceans" (Deignan 1936); tiny fish (Hilty 2003); a variety of insects such as flies (Diptera: Brachycera), beetles (Coleoptera), and dragonflies (Odonata: Coenagrionidae); as well as molluscs (Lyodus parvulus) (Haverschmidt 1968). May travel up to 100 m away from a river to find food when feeding chicks (Lyon and Fogden 1989).