Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
Andean Coot (Fulica ardesiaca) - HBW 3, p. 208
French: Foulque ardoisée
German: Andenbläßhuhn
Spanish: Focha Andina
Other common names: Slate-coloured Coot
Taxonomy: Fulica ardesiaca Tschudi, 1843, Lake Junín, Peru.
Chestnut- and white-fronted birds formerly treated as separate species, F. americana peruviana and F. ardesiaca, and later lumped as F. americana ardesiaca. Forms superspecies with F. cristata, F. atra, F. alai, F. americana, F. caribaea and F. leucoptera. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- atrura Fjeldså, 1983 - S Colombia, Ecuador and coastal Peru.
- ardesiaca Tschudi, 1843 - interior Peru, C & W Bolivia, N Chile and NW Argentina.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird eating grass. Locality Junín National Reserve, Peru (ssp ardesiaca)
Yoel Jimenez 6 November 2012 8 weeks ago 56 sec 4.5 -
An adult diving for food and giving it to a chick Locality Huarina, Titicaca Lake, La Paz Department, Bolivia (ssp ardesiaca)
Josep del Hoyo 28 August 2005 7 years ago 48 sec 4.5 -
A bird forages at a small lake. Locality Junín National Reserve, Peru (ssp ardesiaca)
Yoel Jimenez 6 November 2012 9 weeks ago 26 sec 4.2 -
A bird swimming and diving repeatedly for food Locality Huarina, Titicaca Lake, La Paz Department, Bolivia (ssp ardesiaca)
Josep del Hoyo 28 August 2005 7 years ago 48 sec 4.2 -
Two birds of the red-fronted morph feeding, and another of the pale-fronted joining them Locality Pantanos de Villa, Lima Department, Peru (ssp atrura)
Josep del Hoyo 21 July 2003 7 years ago 44 sec 4.2 -
A bird swimming and feeding Locality Huacarpay Lakes, Cusco Department, Peru (ssp ardesiaca)
Josep del Hoyo 25 July 2005 7 years ago 40 sec 4.1
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A bird swimming.
Locality Huarina, Titicaca Lake, La Paz Department, Bolivia (ssp ardesiaca)
Joe Tobias 12 December 2005 44 weeks ago 4.4 -
Bird in flight above reeds
Locality Bolivia (ssp ardesiaca)
Dubi Shapiro 19 November 2012 9 weeks ago 4.3 -
Gallareta Andina
Locality Cortaderas, Catamarca Province, Argentina
Miguel Andina 24 November 2012 25 weeks ago 4 -
One adult bird.
Locality Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
Carlos Gussoni 11 April 2013 4 weeks ago 3.7 -
Laguna Alalay.
Locality Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
Carlos Gussoni 12 April 2012 1 year ago 3.7 -
Laguna Alalay.
Locality Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
Carlos Gussoni 12 April 2012 1 year ago 3.6
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calls of an adult Locality San Pablo Lake, Imbabura Province, Ecuador
(ssp atrura)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 20 February 2010 3 years ago 4
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