Coot
I once came upon a reference to a peculiar spring frolic, known as the Coot Custard Fair, said to have taken place annually at Horsey a century and more ago.
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Coot
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common name for a migratory marsh bird related to rails and gallinules and found in North America and Europe.
The coot is found throughout the Palaearctic region from Iceland to Japan, and in most other parts of the world is represented by nearly allied species, having almost the same habits.
The Coot is a common water bird occurring from Europe and north Africa through Asia to Australia and New Zealand.
It likes fairly large and still bodies of water but is very adaptable and does not need as much cover as other water birds.
Coot (Fulica atra)
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Coots are territorial and will swim menacingly towards any intruders on their patch.
Coot
Eurasian Coot
Both Sexes
Blackish-grey with white bill and frontal shield.
Horned Coot Fulica cornuta
Described by: Bonaparte (1853)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors ...
Common Coot (Fulica atra) is a widespread resident and common winter visitor in India. Size: 37 cm
Anseriformes
Apodiformes ...
The Coot is 36-42 cm long, and is largely black except for the white facial shield (which gave rise to the phrase "as bald as a coot"). As a swimming species, the Coot has partial webbing on its long strong toes.
Since Coot is a type of "Water Diving Bird", the question is about food. I know they like grass and weeds. What I would like to know is if they also eat fish? We have many different arguments about Coots and fish eating.
COMMON COOT, Fulica atra, Wils. Amer. Orn. vol. ix. p. 61.
FULICA AMERICANA, Bonap. Syn. p. 338.
CINEREOUS COOT, Nutt. Man. vol. ii. p. 229.
AMERICAN COOT, Fulica Americana, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. iii. p. 291; vol. v.p. 568.
American Coot
Fulica americana
The American Coot (Fulica americana) is a widespread bird across North America, Central America and parts of northern South America.
Eurasian Coot: Nesting territories in ponds and marshes vigorously defended against other coots. Male brings plant stems and leaves to female who builds bulky floating nest amid marsh vegetation.
American Coot, Upper Huntington Bay Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California
Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved. (view image details)
AMERICAN COOT FACTS ...
American Coot Behaviour
No observations regarding American Coot behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about American Coots ...
Scaup and coot die-off at Lake Winnibigosh
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American Coot
Fulica americana Gmelin
Status Locally fairly common in summer, uncommon transient, rare in winter. Breeds.
American coot Fulica americana
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Length: 12 inches Wingspan: 25 inches
Fairly large, duck-like waterbird with short wings and a short tail
Very short, thick bill
Frequently seen both swimming and walking ...
The Common Coot is similar to the European Coot Fulica atra which breeds across Eurasia and is sometimes spotted in Labrador.
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Though the coot is often seen dabbling on the water surface, it is also an accomplished diver using its large lobed feet to propel it underwater by pushing its feet alternately back and forth.
American Coot
(Fulica americana)
Status: Migrant.
Last recorded on site in 2011
Breeding Status:-
1987 to 1991: Possible but not likely
2002 to 2006: Possible but not likely
2007 to 2011: Possible but not likely ...
On Kauai, the Huleia NWR Refuge and the Hanalei NWR support numbers of Hawaiian Coot as does the James Campbell NWR on Oahu and the Kakahai NWR on Molokai.
Coot aka Eurasian Coot Fulica atra Found: Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand
Photographed by Dick Daniels in England
Genus Gallinula ...
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.
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 ...
American coot (Fulica americana)
Common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Red-necked stint (Calidris ruficollis)
Lesser sand plover (Charadrius mongolus)
Four-spot midget (Mortonagrion hirosei)
Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) ...
Australian Coot Fulica atra
Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
Black-tailed Native-hen Gallinula ventralis ...
Fulica gigantea Eydoux & Souleyet, 1841 - Giant Coot (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru)
Fulica cornuta Bonaparte, 1853 - Horned Coot (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile)
Fulica newtoni Milne-Edwards, 1867 - Mascarene Coot (extinct, c.1700) ...
(Catostomus spp.), salmon (Oncorhyncus spp.), white perch (Morone americana), smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieui), eel (Anguilla rostrata), sea otter (Enhydra lutris), grebe (Podilymbus podiceps), Canada goose (Branta canadensis), American coot ...
American Coot [en español]
American Crow [en español]
American Robin
American Wigeon
Anna's Hummingbird [en español]
Bald Eagle [en español]
Barn Owl
Barn Swallow [en español]
Barred Owl [en español] ...
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.
The dorsal background coot is greenish to yellowish brown with a dark brown to black dorsolateral stripe on each side of the body extending from the posterior margin of the eye to the base of the tail.
The Surf Scoter is often referred to as "skunk-head coot" by hunters, a reference to the male's strong black and white head patterning. They are most often observed along both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, where they can be quite common.
Prey from one study in north-central Florida was composed of 78 percent fish (mostly catfish, especially brown bullhead; Ictalurus nebulosus), 17 percent birds (mainly American coot; Fulica americana), three percent mammals, ...
In tall emergent veg, built of same. Lined sparsely with finer materials. Occ uses abandoned coot or Redhead nest.
EGGS:
Creamy white, nest-stained. 2.5" (62 mm).
Woodcock hunters must obtain a Massachusetts HIP (Harvest Information Program) number, but federal and state stamps are not required for woodcock, snipe, rail or coot. More information on HIP requirements.
Acrulocercus is a Meliphagine, and a peculiar genus. There are a raven (Corvus), a coot (Fulica), the well-known Sandwich island goose (Bernicla sandvicensis), now very commonly domesticated in Europe; and some flycatchers and thrushlike birds.
 See also: Moorhen, Swallow, Finch, Duck, American Coot
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