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Eurasian Coot
Photograph copyright: Nickolay Tilcheff - all rights reserved. Used with permission.
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Eurasian Coot
Photograph copyright: Nickolay Tilcheff - all rights reserved. Used with permission.
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EURASIAN COOT FACTS |
Description
The Eurasian Coot is dark grey with a white bill. It has a bright red eye. Young birds are paler than adults. Similar in size and shape to the Dusky Moorhen.
Size
36cm
Habitat
swamps, lakes, lagoons where there is vegetation for cover and nesting
Food
mainly plants. Also some insects and small fish
Breeding
the nest is a floating mass of vegetation built on logs or stumps surrounded by water. Lays up to 15 eggs.
Range
found across much of Australia except arid interior. Also found in Indonesia.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Gruiformes | | Family: | Rallidae | | Genus: | Fulica | | Species: | atra | | Common Name: | Eurasian Coot |
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