Horned Coot
Fulica cornutaBonaparte, CLJL, 1853
English (US) Horned Coot
The Horned Coot (Fulica cornuta) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Coots) in the order Gruiformes.
Range: high Andean lakes of southwestern Bolivia to northern Chile and northwestern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Fulica cornuta
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Horned Coot
- Described by
- Bonaparte, CLJL, 1853
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Bonaparte, CLJL, 1853
- Type locality
- Bolivia, type from Potosi.
- Original description
- Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 37 p.925
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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