Red-knobbed coot

Red-knobbed coot
Adult birds in South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Fulica
Species:
F. cristata
Binomial name
Fulica cristata

The red-knobbed coot or crested coot, (Fulica cristata), is a member of the rail and crake bird family, the Rallidae.

It is a resident breeder across much of Africa and in southernmost Spain on freshwater lakes and ponds. It builds a nest of dead reeds near the water's edge or more commonly afloat, laying about 7 eggs (or more in good conditions).[2]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Fulica cristata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22692907A89656879. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22692907A89656879.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ Liversidge, Richard. “The birds around us: Birds of the Southern African region” Pub: Fontein 1991 ISBN 978-1-874851-01-1