Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
Red-fronted Coot (Fulica rufifrons) - HBW 3, p. 208
French: Foulque à front rouge
German: Rotstirn-Bläßhuhn
Spanish: Focha Frentirroja
Taxonomy: Tulica [sic] rufifrons Philippi and Landbeck, 1861, Chile.
Monotypic.
Distribution: Coastal S Peru; extreme SE Brazil; coastal C Chile E to S Paraguay, NE Argentina and Uruguay, and S to N Tierra del Fuego; also Falkland Is (formerly?). Erroneous records from N Argentina based on confusion with F. armillata.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on the water, feeding Locality Laguna El Peral, Chile (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 16 October 2003 7 years ago 31 sec 4.2 -
A bird feeding on the water Locality Laguna El Peral, Chile (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 16 October 2003 7 years ago 26 sec 3.9 -
A juvenile feeding on a lake Locality Laguna de Torca, Chile (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 October 2003 7 years ago 34 sec 3.8 -
A bird on a marsh, preening Locality Laguna El Peral, Chile (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 16 October 2003 7 years ago 27 sec 3.8 -
A bird feeding on a marsh Locality Laguna El Peral, Chile (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 16 October 2003 7 years ago 20 sec 3.7 -
A bird feeding on a marsh and scratching its head Locality Laguna El Peral, Chile (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 16 October 2003 7 years ago 32 sec 3.6
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Adult.
Locality San Miguel del Monte (Monte), Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Hernán Tolosa 17 October 2008 3 years ago 3.5 -
Individual on the water.
Locality Laguna El Peral, Chile
Miriam Bauman 7 February 2012 12 weeks ago 3.4 -
Individual on the water.
Locality Laguna El Peral, Chile
Miriam Bauman 7 February 2012 12 weeks ago 3 -
A bird swimming in Estero Maitencillo.
Locality Valparaiso, Valparaiso Region, Chile
Patricio Mackenzie 31 October 2009 1 year ago 2.8
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