Giant Coot
Fulica giganteaEydoux, JFT; Souleyet, LFA, 1841
English (US) Giant Coot
The Giant Coot (Fulica gigantea) 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: Andes of southern Peru to northern Chile and northwestern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Fulica gigantea
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Giant Coot
- Described by
- Eydoux, JFT; Souleyet, LFA, 1841
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Fulcia gigantea
- Described by
- Eydoux, JFT; Souleyet, LFA, 1841
- Type locality
- Peru.
- Original description
- Voyage autour du monde exécuté pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette La Bonite commandée par M. Vaillant. Zoologie. Tome premier 1 p.102,Atlas Ois. pl.8
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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