Red-knobbed Coot (Fulica cristata)

Algeria (E), Angola, Botswana, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Morocco (B), Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Spain (B) (NB), Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Tunisia (E) (B), Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Vagrant to Burundi, France, Italy, Malta, Oman, Portugal, Somalia, United Arab Emirates.

Southern Spain and northern Morocco; Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya and Uganda southern through Rwanda, Burundi, eastern Zaire and Tanzania, west to Angola and south to South Africa; also Madagascar.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 110,000 - 1,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (45)...)

Red-knobbed Coot (Fulica cristata) [XC513966]
by Lynette Rudman from S'Albufera NP, Mallorca, Spain (begging call, call)

Red-knobbed Coot (Fulica cristata) [XC842487]
by id from Parc Natural El Fondo d'Elx-Crevillent, Spain (call)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Hawaiian Coot (Fulica alai), Caribbean Coot (Fulica caribaea), Andean Coot (Fulica ardesiaca), American Coot (Fulica americana), Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra) and White-winged Coot (Fulica leucoptera).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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