Masked Finfoot

Heliopais personatus

The Masked Finfoot (Heliopais personatus) is a bird found in Malaysia and Indonesia. Found in Malaysia and Indonesia. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, reptiles and frogs and fish. The IUCN Red List lists it as Critically Endangered.

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Scientific name	Heliopais personatus
Region	Asia
Found in	Malaysia and Indonesia

🏡 Where the Masked Finfoot lives

Found in Malaysia and Indonesia.

🍽️ What it eats

🐛 Insects & bugs30%
🦎 Reptiles & frogs30%
🐟 Fish20%
🌿 Leaves & plants20%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

Critically EndangeredAlmost gone from the wild.

💡 It weighs about 510 grams. It mostly eats insects and other small creatures and lizards and frogs.

Hear the Masked Finfoot

Recorded by Sayam U. Chowdhury (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC446810. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Masked Finfoot

Where does the Masked Finfoot live?

The Masked Finfoot lives in Malaysia and Indonesia. Found in Malaysia and Indonesia.

What does the Masked Finfoot eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 30%), reptiles and frogs (about 30%), fish (about 20%), leaves and other plant parts (about 20%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Masked Finfoot endangered?

Almost gone from the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Critically Endangered.

More birds from Asia

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.