Data for:
Adult © Ian Davies
Juvenile © Jay McGowan
Adult © Brad Imhoff
Adult and chick © Megan Buers
+ 4
Adult © August Davidson-Onsgard
Adult © miriam avello
Habitat © nicole-marie pettinelli

American Coot Fulica americana

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Plump, chicken-like bird that acts like a duck. Gray overall with blacker head and white bill. Tiny tail and short wings. Feet are large, yellow-green, and oddly lobed. Head jerks back and forth when swimming. Forages for aquatic vegetation anywhere with water: ponds, city parks, marshes, reservoirs, lakes, ditches, and saltmarshes.

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