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.

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 (46)...)

Red-knobbed Coot (Fulica cristata) [XC302641]
by Carlos W. from La Puebla del R\u00edo, Sevilla, Andaluc\u00eda, Spain (call)

Red-knobbed Coot (Fulica) [XC75432]
by Jos\u00e9 Carlos Sires from Elandsvlei, Gauteng Province, South Africa (call)

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

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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