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Red-knobbed Coot

Fulica cristata

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) Ida Gabler, CC0

25 photos

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in South Africa.January 367, February 277, March 348, April 839, May 463, June 289, July 316, August 315, September 415, October 395, November 303, December 352.
South Africa4,679
Western Cape3,430
Spain571
Gauteng535
Andalucía250
Eastern Cape222
Comunitat Valenciana196
KwaZulu-Natal170
Tanzania136
Kenya134

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

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

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

Sources

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Practise Red-knobbed Coot with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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