#Fulica americana

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American Coot (Fulica americana)

November 4, 2023

John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, Tinicum, Pennsylvania

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BOTD: American Coot

Photo: Heather Paul

"Coots are tough, adaptable waterbirds. Although they are related to the secretive rails, they swim in the open like ducks and walk about on shore, making themselves at home on golf courses and city park ponds. Usually in flocks, they are aggressive and noisy, making a wide variety of calls by day or night. They have strong legs and big feet with lobed toes, and coots fighting over territorial boundaries will rear up and attack each other with their feet. Often seen walking on open ground near ponds. In taking flight they must patter across the water, flapping their wings furiously, before becoming airborne."

- Audubon Field Guide

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American Coot (Fulica americana)

© Derek Hameister

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American coot - Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center, Ross Avenue, Port Aransas, Texas, USA

Joshua J. Cotten

Scientific name: Fulica americana

Family: Rallidae

Conservation status: Least Concern (Population decreasing)

Mass: 16 oz (Adult) 

Class: Aves

Genus: Fulica

Order: Gruiformes

The American coot, also known as a mud hen or pouldeau, is a bird of the family Rallidae. Though commonly mistaken for ducks, American coots are only distantly related to ducks, belonging to a separate order.

American Coots are migratory birds native to the Nearctic region. During the summer, these birds are found centered around the freshwater lakes and ponds of the northern United States and southern Canada. During the winter they head to the southern portion of the United States from California to Florida.

American coots can be found in Ponds, lakes, marshes; in winter, also fields, park ponds, salt bays. For breeding season requires fairly shallow fresh water with much marsh vegetation.

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American Coot (Fulica americana)

© Jim Parker

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American Coot

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American Coot (Fulica americana)

© Michael.PortrayingLife.com

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American Coot (Fulica americana)

© Jim Parker

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American coots (Fulica americana), March 2023

Western PA

They were very far out on the lake, and hard for me to make out even with my binoculars!

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American Coot (Fulica americana) © Barry Kent MacKay

It hatches from aquatic, green, large, overall, plump, short, tiny, white, and yellow eggs.

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COOT FEET!

American Coot (Fulica americana)

April 17, 2024

John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, Tinicum, Pennsylvania

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American Coot (Fulica americana)

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American Coot (Fulica americana)

Taken at South Patrick Community Park in Satellite Beach, FL

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-[DESCRIPTION: hidden within the grass of the shore bank, an American coot (Fulica americana) peeks out.]- (February 26, 2023) the ahh. I want to play around with the polygonal styles again. and wanted to draw some of the neighbors again. shy folks.