Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
Horned Coot (Fulica cornuta) - HBW 3, p. 209
French: Foulque cornue
German: Rüsselbläßhuhn
Spanish: Focha Cornuda
Taxonomy: Fulica cornuta Bonaparte, 1853, Potosí, Bolivia.
Monotypic.
Distribution: N Chile, SW Bolivia and NW Argentina.
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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adult plunge diving for nesting material (weed), successful on second attempt, and delivers it to the nest Locality Miscanti and Meñiques Lagoons, Antofagasta Region, Chile (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 30 November 2011 12 weeks ago 1 min 1 sec 3.4 -
pair attending to nest, one flaps wings - they appear more substantial than the Giant Coot's wings and so presumably this horned Locality Miscanti and Meñiques Lagoons, Antofagasta Region, Chile (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 30 November 2011 12 weeks ago 24 sec 2.7 -
feeding on lake shore Locality Miscanti and Meñiques Lagoons, Antofagasta Region, Chile (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 30 November 2011 12 weeks ago 37 sec 2.5 -
feeding by up-ending Locality Miscanti and Meñiques Lagoons, Antofagasta Region, Chile (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 30 November 2011 12 weeks ago 17 sec 2.5 -
preening - through scope, at Miscanti lagoon. Locality Miscanti and Meñiques Lagoons, Antofagasta Region, Chile (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 30 November 2011 13 weeks ago 31 sec 2.5 -
preening through scope, at Miscanti lagoon. Locality Miscanti and Meñiques Lagoons, Antofagasta Region, Chile (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 30 November 2011 13 weeks ago 31 sec 2.2
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Male and female in a lagoon.
Locality Salares de Tara and Aguas Calientes, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Enrique Richard 19 October 2008 2 years ago 4 -
A bird swimming in a lagoon.
Locality Salares de Tara and Aguas Calientes, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Enrique Richard 19 October 2008 2 years ago 4 -
An adult standing on the shore of the lagoon.
Locality Miscanti and Meñiques Lagoons, Antofagasta Region, Chile (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 1 March 2007 3 years ago 3.5 -
An adult swimming in the lagoon.
Locality Miscanti and Meñiques Lagoons, Antofagasta Region, Chile (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 1 March 2007 3 years ago 3
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