Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
Common Coot (Fulica atra) - HBW 3, p. 205
French: Foulque macroule
German: Bläßhuhn
Spanish: Focha Común
Other common names: (Eurasian/Black) Coot
Taxonomy: Fulica atra Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Forms superspecies with F. cristata, F. alai, F. americana, F. caribaea, F. leucoptera and F. ardesiaca. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- atra Linnaeus, 1758 - Europe, N Africa, Azores and Canaries E through C Asia to Japan and S to Indian Subcontinent and Sri Lanka; winters S to W & NE Africa, SE Asia and Philippines.
- lugubris S. Müller, 1847 - E Java (formerly?) and NW New Guinea.
- novaeguinea Rand, 1940 - C New Guinea.
- australis Gould, 1845 - Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Juvenile foraging head down in the water, and being fed Locality Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England, Great Britain (ssp atra)
Joe Angseesing 15 June 2008 3 years ago 30 sec 4 -
Adult & young chicks gather food on a gravel surface Locality Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England, Great Britain (ssp atra)
Joe Angseesing 11 May 2007 4 years ago 24 sec 4 -
An immature bird foraging on grass, then an adult Locality Luton, Bedfordshire, England, Great Britain
Joe Angseesing 18 September 2006 4 years ago 24 sec 4 -
A chick foraging on the ground Locality Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England, Great Britain (ssp atra)
Joe Angseesing 10 May 2007 4 years ago 39 sec 4 -
Several juveniles sitting on a path then foraging with an adult Locality Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England, Great Britain (ssp atra)
Joe Angseesing 10 May 2007 4 years ago 30 sec 4 -
An adult swimming with its four chicks, and feeding them Locality La Mancha, Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain (ssp atra)
Javier Ortas 21 April 2008 4 years ago 32 sec 4
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Common Coots on ice
Locality Nampo, South Pyongan Province, North Korea
Gerhard.Tauscher 25 January 2012 1 year ago 3.7 -
Coot nest with the front right egg with a chick hatching out
Locality Nottinghamshire, England, Great Britain
nottsexminer 2 June 2011 1 year ago 3.7 -
Trying to escape sea-gulls attack
Locality Brussels, Belgium
Marco Valentini 15 January 2011 1 year ago 3.7 -
Common Coot
Locality De Gavers, Onkerzele, East Flanders Province, Belgium
Filip Verbelen 2 January 2011 1 year ago 3.7 -
Flexible neck
Locality London, England, Great Britain
Jorge Malingre 4 November 2008 2 years ago 3.7 -
Coot before take off - photo by Altay Zhatkanbayev
Locality Sorbulak Lake, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan
Altay Zhatkanbayev 17 March 2012 15 weeks ago 3.6
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Two birds calling from a lake at a park. Locality Coburg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
(ssp australis)
Nick Talbot 11 November 2012 24 weeks ago 0 -
Several birds calls and fighting on the lake. Locality Regent's Park, London, England, Great Britain
Antonio Silveira 13 September 2012 34 weeks ago 0
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