Birds of the World

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Genus: Fulica (10 species)


Hawaiian Coot (Fulica alai) Vulnerable Range: PO: Hawaiian Is. Hanalei NWR, Kauai, Hawaii, United States
Photograph by Matt Grube © All Rights Reserved.


American Coot (Fulica americana) Range: NA, MA, SA: Alaska and Canada to Costa Rica, also n South America Green Cay Nature Center, Delray Beach, Florida, USA
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


American Coot (Fulica americana columbiana) Range: NA, MA, SA: Alaska and Canada to Costa Rica, also n South America Bogota, Colombia The South American race has a yellow bill. Note the band on the bill compared to the larger Andean Coot.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Additional photo.
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Andean Coot (Fulica ardesiaca atrura) Range: SA: Colombia to nw Argentina Laguna Cocha, Pasto, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Andean Coot (Fulica ardesiaca atrura) Range: SA: Colombia to nw Argentina Laguna Cocha, Pasto, Colombia Less common white-billed color morph.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Immature greyer than adult.


Red-gartered Coot (Fulica armillata) Range: SA: Southern Cone Mar del Plata, Argentina
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra australis) Range: PAL, OR, AU: widespread Tasmania, Australia
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Horned Coot (Fulica cornuta) Near Threatened Range: SA: n Chile to nw Argentina


Red-knobbed Coot (Fulica cristata) Range: PAL, AF: s Spain and Morocco, Ethiopia to Angola, Namibia and South Africa, Madagascar Plettenberg Bay, South Africa
Photograph by Graham Searll © All Rights Reserved.

On nest.


Giant Coot (Fulica gigantea) Range: SA: Peru to nw Argentina Salinas, Arequipa, Peru At edge of a nest.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Adult at nest with immature.
Adult on water.
Immature on water.


White-winged Coot (Fulica leucoptera) Range: SA: sc, Southern Cone Tucumán, Argentina
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Red-fronted Coot (Fulica rufifrons) Range: SA: Southern Cone Chile
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