Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Red-knobbed Coot*
Id (Atlas):
Fulica cristata
Description (10 )
Red-knobbed Coot
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Other Names (World)
Red-knobbed Coot, Crested Coot
Family
Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, Coots)
Size
41 cm
First Described (Guide )
Gmelin, 1789
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)... )
Listen to XC839603
Red-knobbed Coot (Fulica ) [XC839603 ]
by Corentin Rivi\u00e8re from Parc Natural El Fondo d'Elx-Crevillent, Spain (begging call, call)
Listen to XC839601
Red-knobbed Coot (Fulica ) [XC839601 ]
by Corentin Rivi\u00e8re from Parc Natural El Fondo d'Elx-Crevillent, Spain (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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For more information about the Red-knobbed Coot see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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