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  • Eurasian Coot, 1 of 6
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    (c) Wei Li Jiang, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Caiden, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Анна Голубева, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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    (c) Kholodnyak Svetlana, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Erik Eckstein, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) holy66, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Eurasian Coot

Fulica atra

Worldwide
190,227 observations
Group
Birds

About

The Eurasian coot (Fulica atra), also known as coot, is a member of the rail and crake bird family, the Rallidae. The scientific name is from Latin; Fulica is "coot", and atra is "black". It is found in Europe, Asia, Australia and parts of Africa. The Australian subspecies is known as the Australian coot.

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