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Eurasian Coot

Fulica atra

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(c) Damiano Oldoni, CC0

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 145,745, February 107,645, March 168,656, April 265,335, May 382,570, June 417,168, July 446,397, August 383,899, September 281,850, October 210,380, November 114,961, December 89,851.
United States3,014,460
Alaska3,014,457
Russia22,384
United Kingdom15,357
England14,231
Germany11,112
Australia9,506
Italy6,735
Netherlands5,979
France5,653

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

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Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderCranes, Rails, and Allies · Gruiformes
FamilyRails, Gallinules, and Coots · Rallidae
GenusCoots · Fulica

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