Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra) [XC879533]
by Martin Billard from Arrondissement de Vannes (near S\u00e9rent), Morbihan, Brittany, France (flight call, nocturnal flight call)
Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra) [XC864561]
by Th\u00e9o Herv\u00e9 from Arrondissement d'Orl\u00e9ans (near Ch\u00e9cy), Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, France (nocturnal flight call)
Breeding Season (Guide)
September - January in south, but any time when conditions are suitable.
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Nest
Open, bulky, platform composed of aquatic plants and lined with sheaths and leaves of reeds, in a group of reeds or on top of a low bush growing in water.
Eggs (Guide)
4 - 15; slightly glossy, sandy-grey to bright clay, thickly and uniformly covered with grey-violet speckles and spots; oval; about 52 x 35 mm. Incubation: 21 - 26 days; by both sexes.
atra Linnaeus, 1758 - Europe, northern Africa, Azores and Canaries eastern through central Asia to Japan and south to Indian Subcontinent and Sri Lanka. Winters south to western and north-eastern Africa, south-eastern Asia and Philippines.
australis Gould, 1845 - Australia and New Zealand.
novaeguineae Rand, 1940 - Central New Guinea.
lugubris Müller, S, 1847 - Java to north-western New Guinea.
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Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
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What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9
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