Eurasian Coot / Common Coot

Order - Gruiformes
Family - Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, Coots)

Eurasian Coot / Common Coot

Fulica atra

白骨顶 (bái gǔ-dǐng) / 骨顶鸡 (gǔ-dǐng jī)

    Malay : Panglin-Hitam Biasa

    Japanese : オオバン (ō ban)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 大鷭

    Size : 36–39 cm; Nominate male 610–1200 (902) g, female 610–1150 (770) g;
              Race australis male 481–660 (568) g, female 476–609 (552) g, Unsexed 305–725 (511) g;
              Wingspan 70–80 cm in nominate, 56–64 cm in australis. 

    Subspecies (4) and Distribution

• Fulica atra atra (Linnaeus, C 1758)
  – Palearctic; winters to Africa, Indonesia and Philippines.
• Fulica atra lugubris (Müller, S 1847)
  – Mountains of Java and nw New Guinea.
• Fulica atra novaeguineae (Rand, AL 1940)
  – Mountains of central New Guinea.
• Fulica atra australis (Gould, J 1845)
  – Wetlands of Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand and Buru I.

Fulica atra ssp. atra
Date : 10 December 2022

Location : Batu Gajah, Daerah Kinta, Perak