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) [XC223230]
by Paul Marvin from Yacambu NP, Lara, Venezuela (call)
American Coot (Fulica americana) [XC683204]
by Manuel Grosselet from Parque Estatal Sierra Morelos, Toluca de Lerdo, Toluca, Estado de M\u00e9xico, Mexico (call)
Subspecies
Sometimes regarded as conspecific with American Coot (Fulica americana).