Red-knobbed Coot
Fulica cristataGmelin, JF, 1789
English (US) Red-knobbed Coot
The Red-knobbed Coot (Fulica cristata) 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: southern Spain and Morocco; eastern and southern Africa and MadagascarRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Fulica cristata
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-knobbed Coot
- Described by
- Gmelin, JF, 1789
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Gmelin, JF, 1789
- Type locality
- Madagascar.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.704
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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American Coot
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