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DESCRIPTION: American coots are dark duck-like birds 12-16 inches in length with a wing span of 20-25 inches and weighing one to two pounds. Their body is predominately dark slate in color with some olive hues.
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American Coot
Note feet and red top of frontal shield
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) ...
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American Coots
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American Coots; Piracy; Feet; Vocal Development; Variation in Clutch Sizes; Commensal Feeding.
REFERENCES:
Gorenzel et al., 1982; Hill, 1986; Ryan and Dinsmore, 1979, 1980.
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01/19/98 NAME - American Coot FAMILY - Rallidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Fulica americana REFERENCES - 1 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Winter visitor - migrant. 19 Resident, species present all year.
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General description: The American coot is a dark, duck-like bird. You can recognize it by its chicken-like white bill, red eye, and small red spot at the top of its bill. Size: Coots are about 15 inches long.
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American Coot221. Fulica americana Gmel. AMERICAN COOT; MUD-HEN; CROW DUCK; BLUE PETER. Ad.
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THE AMERICAN COOT.
[American Coot.]
FULICA AMERICANA, Gmel.
[Fulica americana.] ...
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Adult American Coot, NY State, February.
Figure 1. Distribution of the American Coot in North and Middle America.
Juvenile American Coot, NY State, June.
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AMERICAN COOT
Fulica americana
With fleshy lobes on its toes and a predilection for diving, the American Coot is the most aquatic of all the Texas rails (Oberholser 1974).
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American Coot chicks are precocious, able to swim about shortly after birth. These two were foraging at the edges of the tules in the water treatment pond along 395, about 20 feet away from the Ruddy Ducks. Didn't see any adult Coots nearby.
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American Coots are found in fresh- and saltwater wetlands. They usually nest over water, often building numerous nests and using only one. They are quite territorial and noisy.
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American Coot Summer Sighting Information: rare Nest on or near Refuge? no Double-crested Cormorant Summer Sighting Information: common Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
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Other species that nested in both years were American Coot, Canada Goose, and Pied-billed Grebe. Species richness was significantly and positively related to wetland area in both years.
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The American coot (Fulica americana), or mud hen, is slate gray with a white bill, black head and neck, and white wing edgings and tail patch.
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The "Water Hen" of Haliburton (1825) could be this species or the American Coot, but Gilpin's (1882b) report of one taken near Halifax on 23 May 1880 is the earliest reliable reference.
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American CootDescription Distinguishing Features - Also called the "mudhen", this water bird looks like a cross between a duck and a chicken, but it belongs to the Rail family.
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Yellow Rail - Coturnicops noveboracensis Sora - Porzana carolina American Coot - Fulica americana Web site design by Brent Johner, ink. - Dynamic PHP/MySql elements by Shaun MacRae & Ian Bruseker - 1999-2010 ...
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Pratt, H. D. (1987) Occurrence of the North American Coot (Fulica americana americana) in the Hawaiian Islands, with comments on the taxonomy of the Hawaiian Coot. ' Elepaio 47: 25-28.
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 See also: Coot, Duck, Grebe, Sora, Purple
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