Anguilla (B), Antigua and Barbuda (B), Barbados (NB), Cuba (NB), Dominican Republic (B), Guadeloupe (B), Haiti (B), Jamaica (B), Martinique (B), Netherlands Antilles (NB), Puerto Rico (B), St Kitts and Nevis (NB), Trinidad and Tobago (NB), Turks and Caicos Islands (NB), Venezuela (NB), Virgin Islands (British) (B) (NB), Virgin Islands (U.S.) (B) (NB).
Vagrant to Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines.
Southern Bahamas (northern Caicos) through Greater Antilles (except I of Pines) and Lesser Antilles (south to Grenada and Barbados) to Trinidad, Curaçao and north-western Venezuela. Records of birds from North American localities all refer to F. americana.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.
American Coot (Fulica americana) [XC451356]
by Paul Marvin from Pe\u00f1a Blanca Lake, Arizona, United States (call)
American Coot (Fulica americana) [XC596908]
by Peter Ward and Ken Hall from Parque metropolitano Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar, Bogot\u00e1, Cundinamarca, Colombia (begging call, call, diving, hatchling or nestling, sex unce)
Subspecies
Sometimes regarded as conspecific with American Coot (Fulica americana).