Eurasian Coot

Fulica atra

Order

GRUIFORMES

Family

Rails and Coots (Rallidae)

Code 4

EUCO

Code 6

FULATR

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: All-purpose
Eye Color: Red to red-brown iris.
Head Pattern: Unique pattern
Crown Color: Glossy black
Forehead Color: White
Nape Color: Glossy black
Throat Color: Glossy black
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 36-42 cm (14-16.5 in)
Weight: 737-794 g (26-28 oz)
Size: 3. Medium (9 - 16 in)
Color Primary: Black, Gray
Underparts: Black
Upperparts: Black
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Flight is awkward and lumbering with long splashing run across water to take off.
Wingspan Range: 70-80 cm (27.6-31.5 in)
Wing Shape: Rounded-Wings
Tail Shape: Rounded Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid
Upper Tail: Black
Under Tail: Black
Leg Color: Yellow-gray

Percevia^® Registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

The Percevia field guides, database and search protocol patent pending.

The best bird guide and bird watching search engine to identify birds!

Bird Call Credits: The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Martyn Stewart, http://www.naturesound.org, Redmond, Washington USA. The reuse or copying of bird calls in this database is strictly forbidden2.

Field Guide to Birds of North America