Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)

Red-knobbed Coot (Fulica cristata) - HBW 3, p. 205

French: Foulque à crête German: Kammbläßhuhn Spanish: Focha Moruna
Other common names: Crested Coot

Taxonomy: Fulica cristata Gmelin, 1789, Madagascar.
Forms superspecies with F. atra, F. alai, F. americana, F. caribaea, F. leucoptera and F. ardesiaca. Monotypic.

Distribution: S Spain and N Morocco; Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya and Uganda S through Rwanda, Burundi, E Zaire and Tanzania, W to Angola and S to South Africa; also Madagascar.

Least Concern

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An adult swimming on a pond. Locality West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 26 January 2011 11 weeks ago 4.3
Swimming near the dam Locality Avis Dam, Windhoek, Khomas Region, Namibia
Lee Hunter 25 July 2010 15 weeks ago 4
A juvenile swimming on a pond. Locality West Coast National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 26 January 2011 11 weeks ago 3.8
Adult feeding his chick, Albufera 2007. Locality Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
Juan José Bazán Hiraldo 17 August 2007 2 years ago 3.7
one of a pair courting Locality Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Gauteng Province, South Africa
Marco Valentini 13 August 2010 2 years ago 3.7
adult on reed fringed pond Locality Marismas del Odiel, Huelva, Andalucia, Spain
Paul Willoughby 3 May 2010 3 years ago 3.5
Territorial fight Locality Khomas Region, Namibia
Fran Trabalon 28 November 2011 28 weeks ago 3.4
2 birds on the water Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Stefan Helming 28 December 2009 3 years ago 3.4
Adult swimming in lake Locality Intaka Island Bird Sanctuary, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Loutjie Steenberg 14 January 2011 2 years ago 3.4
A bird walking. Locality World of Birds, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 16 August 1998 19 weeks ago 3.2
Juvenile swimming in lake Locality Intaka Island Bird Sanctuary, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Loutjie Steenberg 14 January 2011 2 years ago 3.2
a bird standing in the water Locality Debre Zeit, Ethiopia
Stefan Helming 12 July 2009 3 years ago 3
On the lake Locality Debre Zeit, Ethiopia
Guy Poisson 2 years ago 2.9
Individual swimming in Spiers Wine Farm lake Locality Cape Winelands, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Renata Biancalana 1 year ago 2.8
A bird Locality Awassa Lake, SNNPR Region, Ethiopia
raniero massoli-novelli 1 September 1999 2 years ago 2.8
Foraging around a road-side pond Locality Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Lindsay Hansch 29 September 2008 2 years ago 2.7
asult near the nest (eggs) Locality Ifrane, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco (Monotypic species)
Georges Olioso 11 May 2008 4 years ago 2.5
An adult with two big chicks on a small pond. Locality Harare, Zimbabwe (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 20 September 2004 4 years ago 2.5
An adult with a big chick on a small pond. Locality Harare, Zimbabwe (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 20 September 2004 4 years ago 2.5
Adult at nest. Locality Intaka Island Bird Sanctuary, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Loutjie Steenberg 5 February 2011 2 years ago 2.2