Caribbean Coot (Fulica caribaea)

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, Cura�ao and north-western Venezuela. Records of birds from North American localities all refer to F. americana.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.

Status NR
Habitat destruction, hunting and introduced predators are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

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

American Coot (Fulica americana) [XC452166]
by Paul Marvin from Pe\u00f1a Blanca Lake, Arizona, United States (call)

American Coot (Fulica americana) [XC706570]
by Mauricio Cu\u00e9llar Ram\u00edrez from Humedal Jaboque, Bogot\u00e1, Colombia (call)

Subspecies
Sometimes regarded as conspecific with American Coot (Fulica americana).

Forms superspecies with Hawaiian Coot (Fulica alai), American Coot (Fulica americana), Andean Coot (Fulica ardesiaca), Red-knobbed Coot (Fulica cristata), Common Coot (Fulica atra) and White-winged Coot (Fulica leucoptera).

No subspecies.

References
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