American Coot
(Fulica americana)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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| IUCN Red List | LC - Least Concern |
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| NatureServe | N5B, N5N - Secure Breeding and Nonbreeding SNRB - Unranked Breeding |
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| Minnesota | not listed |
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Description |
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Size |
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13″ to 16″ in length 24″ wingspan |
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Habitat |
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Freshwater lakes, ponds or shallow marshes |
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Ecology |
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Migration |
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Early March to late April and mid-September to November |
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Distribution |
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Occurrence |
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Common to abundant migrant and breeder |
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The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map |
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Taxonomy |
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| Class | Aves (birds) | ||
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Gruiformes (cranes, rails, and allies) | ||
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Rallidae (rails, gallinules, and coots) | ||
Genus |
Fulica (coots) | ||
Subordinate Taxa |
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Columbian Coot (Fulica americana columbiana) North American Coot (Fulica americana americana) |
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Jackson Miest |
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A coot... what a hoot! This little guy was spotted at around 8pm outside a taphouse. He let us look at him pretty closely before he stretched his legs and looked defensive. |
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Lynn Rubey |
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An American Coot preening its feathers along the rivers edge in The Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge. |
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Another American Coot a dabbling duck foraging for food. |
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Wayne Rasmussen |
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Coot migration at Tamarac Nat'l Wildlife Refuge 2009 |
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Slideshows |
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| American Coot JMC Nature Photos |
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| Coots jt893x |
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| American Coot Joshua Mayer |
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Other Videos |
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| American Coot (Fulica americana) Wandering Sole TV |
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About
Published on May 16, 2012 An American coot preening, feeding, and letting out the odd vocalization at Elizabeth Lake in British Columbia, Canada. |
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| American Coot (Fulica americana) Carl Barrentine |
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About
Published on Apr 29, 2013 Photographed at Kellys Slough NWR, North Dakota (29 April 2013). |
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| Espiando a las Gallaretas - Fulica americana. by trucha1618xx Francisco Valdés de la Torre *** trucha 1.618 |
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About
Published on Sep 10, 2012 Aves de México Soundtrack: "The Broken" by Admiral Bob (feat. jeris) Is licensed under a Creative Commons license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Thank you for watching! Ver más de trucha1618xx/ To watch more by trucha1618xx: http://www.youtube.com/user/trucha1618xx/videos |
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| Jackson Miest 10/12/2022 |
Location: Mankato, Minnesota A coot... what a hoot! This little guy was spotted at around 8pm outside a taphouse. He let us look at him pretty closely before he stretched his legs and looked defensive. |
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| Olivia W 10/29/2020 |
Location: Bagley Pond, University of Minnesota Duluth, 55811 One lone coot eating vegetation in a small section of the pond that is not frozen. It went onto the shore and started grooming itself and did not appear bothered by us being 6 feet away. |
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| Lynn Rubey 10/28/2019 |
Location: Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge An American Coot preening its feathers along the rivers edge in The Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge. |
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| Wayne Rasmussen 2009 |
Location: Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge Coot migration at Tamarac Nat'l Wildlife Refuge 2009 |
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