American Coot (Fulica americana)

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia (B), Canada (B) (P), Cayman Islands, Chile (B), Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador (PE), El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica (B), Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Pierre and Miquelon (P), St Vincent and The Grenadines, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA (B), Venezuela, Virgin Islands (British) (NB), Virgin Islands (U.S.) (NB).

Vagrant to Greenland, Grenada, Iceland, Ireland, Portugal, Trinidad and Tobago.

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

Population
Estimated population is 6,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (53)...)

American Coot (Fulica americana) [XC866001]
by id from Moraga, Contra Costa County, California, United States (call)

American Coot (Fulica americana) [XC509713]
by Bobby Wilcox from Burnaby Lake Regional Park, British Columbia, Canada (call)

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

Hawaiian Coot (Fulica alai), Caribbean Coot (Fulica caribaea), Andean Coot (Fulica ardesiaca) are sometimes considered subspecies of American Coot (Fulica americana).

Proposed subspecies grenadensis included in nominate.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

americana Gmelin, 1789 - South-eastern Alaska east to Nova Scotia, and south to West Indies, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Winters to west to Hawaii and south to Panama.
columbiana Chapman, 1914 - Colombia and northern Ecuador.

References
See References.

Files:

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