Red-knobbed Coot; Crested Coot (Fulica cristata)

Query: crested coot

Result: 3^rd of 5

Subject:	Red-knobbed Coot; Crested Coot (Fulica cristata)
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Artist Paul Louis Oudart (1796–1860); Creator:C. Motte
Description Fulica cristata
Date between 1825 and 1834
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Vieillot, La galerie des oiseaux, pl. 269
Old Latin name Fulica cristata
New Latin name Fulica cristata
Common name Nederlands: Knobbelmeerkoet
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fulica_cristata_-_1825-1834_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ17500237.tif

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. The red-knobbed coot is largely black except for the white frontal shield.

crested coot
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