Copyright: DK/monacoeye • Chile • April 2011 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Andean Coot
Latin: Fulica ardesiaca
Other: Focha andina
Family: Rallidae - Rails, Coots
Range: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina
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Many thanks to Dirk for sending in this nice photo of an Andean Coot at the Salar de Atacama, Chile.

Bill and frontal shield can vary in colour from yellow and red to white. See below for paler variants.More photos...

Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Mostardas, Brazil • November 2009

Bird name: White Winged Coot
Latin: Fulica leucoptera
Other: Carqueja-de-bico-amerelo (Br) • Gallareta ala blanca (Es) • Gallareta chica • Tagua chica • Gallareta Escudete Amarillo
Family: Rallidae - Rails, Coots

The White Winged Coot was the most common coot in the area I visited, although there are two others that live in the area. Large groups were seen at some distance, often with Chilean Flamingos.

In Brazil, the White-winged Coot only lives in the state of Rio Grande do Sul and it can also be found in neighbouring countries. It can be differentiated from its two close relatives, the Red-gartered and Red-fronted Coot, by its lack of red in the bill area.More photos...

Photos copyright: monacoeye • Europe • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Eurasian Coot
Latin: Fulica atra
Other: Coot • Foulque Macroule • Focha Común • Blässhuhn • Folaga • Galeirão-Comum
Family: Rallidae - Rails, Coots

The Coot is probably the bird you are most likely to see near a lake or slow waterway in Europe, after the Mallard.

Easy to identify from its bobbing head movement and white shield that extends from the bill, which on closer inspection can be slightly pinkish. Plumage generally appears black.

There are about 11 Coot species worldwide, mostly in South America. The Eurasian Coot is the only one you are likely to see in Europe, though the Red Knobbed Coot can be found in southwest Spain.

The Coots are parts of the Rail family, which includes the larger Moorhen, which has a red bill with yellow tip, and is often seen in the same riverside habitat.

Notice the long lobed toes, even on the Coot chick, seen in Geneva, in June. The photo of several hundred on a lake was taken in the Camargue in January.More photos...

046 Rallidae - Rails, Crakes, Coots, Gallinules, Wood Rails, Swamphens - IOC 2.5 - 2010

Himantornis haematopus - Nkulengu Rail - W, WC, C Africa

Canirallus oculeus - Grey-throated Rail - W, WC, C Africa
Canirallus kioloides - Madagascar Wood Rail - Madagascar

Coturnicops exquisitus - Swinhoe's Rail - E Eurasia
Coturnicops noveboracensis - Yellow Rail - E, C North America
Coturnicops notatus - Speckled Rail - N, SE South America - New name

Micropygia schomburgkii - Ocellated Crake - N, SC, SE South America

Rallina rubra - Chestnut Forest Rail - New Guinea - New name
Rallina leucospila - White-striped Forest Rail - New Guinea - New name
Rallina forbesi - Forbes's Forest Rail - New Guinea - New name
Rallina mayri - Mayr's Forest Rail - New Guinea - New name
Rallina tricolor - Red-necked Crake - Widespread Australasia
Rallina canningi - Andaman Crake - Andaman Islands
Rallina fasciata - Red-legged Crake - NE India to Lesser Sundas, Philippines
Rallina eurizonoides - Slaty-legged Crake - Widespread Asia

Anurolimnas castaneiceps - Chestnut-headed Crake - S Colombia to NW Bolivia

Laterallus viridis - Russet-crowned Crake - Amazonia
Laterallus fasciatus - Black-banded Crake - W Amazonia
Laterallus melanophaius - Rufous-sided Crake - Widespread South America
Laterallus levraudi - Rusty-flanked Crake - Venezuela
Laterallus ruber - Ruddy Crake - E Mexico to Costa Rica
Laterallus albigularis - White-throated Crake - Nicaragua to Ecuador
Laterallus exilis - Grey-breasted Crake - Guatemala through Amazonia, SE South America
Laterallus jamaicensis - Black Rail - USA, Greater Antilles to W South America - Laterallus jamaicensis includes ssp salinasi
Laterallus tuerosi - Junin Crake - Peru
Laterallus spilonotus - Galapagos Crake - Galápagos Islands
Laterallus leucopyrrhus - Red-and-white Crake - SE South America
Laterallus xenopterus - Rufous-faced Crake - SC Brazil, C Paraguay

Nesoclopeus poecilopterus - Bar-winged Rail - Fiji Islands
Nesoclopeus woodfordi - Woodford's Rail - Solomon Islands

Gallirallus australis - Weka - New Zealand
Gallirallus calayanensis - Calayan Rail - Philippines
Gallirallus lafresnayanus - New Caledonian Rail - New Caledonia
Gallirallus sylvestris - Lord Howe Woodhen - Lord Howe Island
Gallirallus okinawae - Okinawa Rail - Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands
Gallirallus torquatus - Barred Rail - W New Guinea, Sulawesi, Australasia, also Philippines
Gallirallus insignis - Pink-legged Rail - New Britain
Gallirallus philippensis - Buff-banded Rail - Widespread Australasia, also Philippines
Gallirallus owstoni - Guam Rail - Guam
Gallirallus rovianae - Roviana Rail - Solomon Islands
Gallirallus striatus - Slaty-breasted Rail - Widespread Asia

Rallus longirostris - Clapper Rail - Widespread North America, Latin America
Rallus elegans - King Rail - E, C North America, Middle America
Rallus wetmorei - Plain-flanked Rail - Venezuela
Rallus limicola - Virginia Rail - Widespread North America - Mexico
Rallus aequatorialis - Ecuadorian Rail - SW Colombia, Ecuador - Split from R. limicola
Rallus semiplumbeus - Bogota Rail - Colombia
Rallus antarcticus - Austral Rail - S South America
Rallus aquaticus - Water Rail - W Europe to C Asia - N Africa, W S Asia
Rallus indicus - Brown-cheeked Rail - E Siberia to Japan - Nepal to SE Asia, Borneo - Split from R. aquaticus
Rallus caerulescens - African Rail - E, SC, SE, S Africa
Rallus madagascariensis - Madagascar Rail - Madagascar

Lewinia mirifica - Brown-banded Rail - Philippines
Lewinia pectoralis - Lewin's Rail - Lesser Sundas, New Guinea, E Australia
Lewinia muelleri - Auckland Rail - Auckland Islands

Dryolimnas cuvieri - White-throated Rail - Madagascar, Aldabra Island

Crex egregia - African Crake - Widespread Africa
Crex crex - Corn Crake - C, W Eurasia - S Africa

Rougetius rougetii - Rouget's Rail - Ethiopia, Eritrea

Aramidopsis plateni - Snoring Rail - Sulawesi

Atlantisia rogersi - Inaccessible Island Rail - Inaccessible Island

Aramides mangle - Little Wood Rail - E Brazil
Aramides axillaris - Rufous-necked Wood Rail - Mexico to Ecuador, Belize, N South America
Aramides cajanea - Grey-necked Wood Rail - S Mexico to N Argentina
Aramides wolfi - Brown Wood Rail - Colombia to Peru
Aramides ypecaha - Giant Wood Rail - SE South America
Aramides saracura - Slaty-breasted Wood Rail - SE South America
Aramides calopterus - Red-winged Wood Rail - W Amazonia

Amaurolimnas concolor - Uniform Crake - Widespread Latin America

Gymnocrex rosenbergii - Blue-faced Rail - Sulawesi
Gymnocrex talaudensis - Talaud Rail - Karakelong Island
Gymnocrex plumbeiventris - Bare-eyed Rail - New Guineas, Moluccas

Amaurornis akool - Brown Bush-hen - India to SE China
Amaurornis isabellina - Isabelline Bush-hen - Sulawesi
Amaurornis olivacea - Plain Bush-hen - Philippines
Amaurornis moluccana - Pale-vented Bush-hen - Lesser Sundas to Australia - Split from A. olivacea
Amaurornis magnirostris - Talaud Bush-hen - Karakelong Island
Amaurornis phoenicurus - White-breasted Waterhen - Widespread Asia
Amaurornis flavirostra - Black Crake - Widespread Africa
Amaurornis olivieri - Sakalava Rail - Madagascar

Porzana bicolor - Black-tailed Crake - NE India to SC China
Porzana parva - Little Crake - W, C Eurasia - C Africa
Porzana pusilla - Baillon's Crake - Widespread Eurasia, Africa, Asia, Australasia
Porzana porzana - Spotted Crake - W, C Eurasia - Africa, W Asia
Porzana fluminea - Australian Crake - Australia
Porzana carolina - Sora - Widespread North America - S South America to N, NW South America
Porzana spiloptera - Dot-winged Crake - SE South America
Porzana albicollis - Ash-throated Crake - N, SC, SE South America
Porzana fusca - Ruddy-breasted Crake - Widespread Asia, also E Asia
Porzana paykullii - Band-bellied Crake - E Eurasia - E Asia
Porzana tabuensis - Spotless Crake - Widespread Australasia
Porzana atra - Red-eyed Crake - Pitcairn Island
Porzana flaviventer - Yellow-breasted Crake - Caribbean & S Mexico to SE South America
Porzana cinerea - White-browed Crake - Malay Peninsula & Philippines to N Australia

Aenigmatolimnas marginalis - Striped Crake - WC, SE Africa

Cyanolimnas cerverai - Zapata Rail - Cuba

Neocrex colombiana - Colombian Crake - Panama to Ecuador
Neocrex erythrops - Paint-billed Crake - Widespread South America

Pardirallus maculatus - Spotted Rail - Widespread Latin America, also Caribbean
Pardirallus nigricans - Blackish Rail - W Amazonia, E, SE South America
Pardirallus sanguinolentus - Plumbeous Rail - S, W South America

Eulabeornis castaneoventris - Chestnut Rail - N Australia, Aru Islands

Habroptila wallacii - Invisible Rail - N Moluccas

Megacrex inepta - New Guinea Flightless Rail - New Guinea - New name

Gallicrex cinerea - Watercock - Widespread Asia

Porphyrio porphyrio - Purple Swamphen - Widespread Africa, Eurasia, Asia, Australasia
Porphyrio madagascariensis - African Swamphen - Widespread Africa
Porphyrio hochstetteri - Takahe - New Zealand
Porphyrio alleni - Allen's Gallinule - Widespread Africa
Porphyrio martinica - Purple Gallinule - SE USA to N Argentina
Porphyrio flavirostris - Azure Gallinule - N, Amazonia, SC South America

Gallinula silvestris - Makira Woodhen - Solomon Islands
Gallinula comeri - Gough Moorhen - Gough Is. Atlantic Ocean - Split from (extinct) flightless relative G. nesiotis; now traditional moorhen
Gallinula chloropus - Common Moorhen - Eurasia, Africa, Indian Ocean islands, S, SE Asia to Philippines, N Mariana Is. Eurasia, Africa, Indian Ocean, Asia, Pacific Ocean
Gallinula galeata - Common Gallinule - North America, South America, Hawaii - Split from Common Moorhen
Gallinula tenebrosa - Dusky Moorhen - Widespread Australasia
Gallinula angulata - Lesser Moorhen - Widespread Africa
Gallinula melanops - Spot-flanked Gallinule - E, S South America

Tribonyx - were Gallinula
Tribonyx ventralis - Black-tailed Nativehen - Australia
Tribonyx mortierii - Tasmanian Nativehen - Tasmania

Fulica cristata - Red-knobbed Coot - S, SE, E Africa
Fulica atra - Eurasian Coot - Widespread Eurasia, Asia, Australasia - N Africa
Fulica alai - Hawaiian Coot - Hawaiian Islands
Fulica americana - American Coot - Widespread North America, Middle America, also Hawaiian Islands & N South America
Fulica caribaea - Caribbean Coot - Caribbean, North America, also N South America
Fulica leucoptera - White-winged Coot - SC, Southern Cone
Fulica ardesiaca - Andean Coot - Colombia to NW Argentina
Fulica armillata - Red-gartered Coot - Southern Cone
Fulica rufifrons - Red-fronted Coot - Southern Cone
Fulica gigantea - Giant Coot - Peru to NW Argentina
Fulica cornuta - Horned Coot - N Chile to NW Argentina