American Coot Fulica americana [JF Gmelin, 1789] |
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Order:
Gruiformes
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Family: Rallidae |
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BTO Codes:
AO, AMECO
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EURING No: 4300 | |
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Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
undetermined recorded in Britain (of 3 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
34 cm
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Wingspan: 65 cm |
Weight:
M: 720 g F: 530 g
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Scientific name from:
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L.: fulica=the coot and after America |
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World Distribution:
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North America s to n South America |
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Habitat:
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Lakes, marsh, rivers, seacoast |
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Diet:
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Mostly aquatic plants, some invertebrates |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Kent, 1996 (Cork, 1981)
(Hindle, C. 2004. British Birds 97:444-447)
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
5
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Dumfries & Galloway
(2004),
Outer Hebrides
(2005),
Shetland
(2005),
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North-east England:
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North-west England:
Cumbria
(1999),
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English Midlands:
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Eastern England:
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South-east England:
Kent
(1996),
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South-west England:
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Wales:
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: |
| Danish: Amerikansk blishøne | Dutch: Amerikaanse Meerkoet |
| Finnish: Amerikannokikana | French: Foulque d'Amérique |
| German: Amerikansches Bläßhuhn | Hungarian: Amerikai szárcsa |
| Icelandic: Kolhæna | Irish: Cearc Cheannann Mheiriceánach |
| Italian: Folaga americana | Norwegian: Amerikasothøne |
| Polish: Lyska amerykanska | Portuguese: Galeirão-americano |
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Spanish:
Focha americana
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Swedish: Amerikansk sothöna |
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For More Information... |
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Books and Monographs:
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| Taylor, B. & van Perlo, B. 1998 Rails Pica Press, Sussex [598.554 TAY] | |
| See Also: | |
Find scientific papers on  Google Scholar
or  Scirus by clicking the icon
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Wikipedia entry
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BirdLife species page
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
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All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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