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[[Image:Giant_Coot_by_BirdsPeru.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|BirdsPeru|BirdsPeru}}<br />Location: Milloc, Lima, [[Peru]] November 2006]] | [[Image:Giant_Coot_by_BirdsPeru.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|BirdsPeru|BirdsPeru}}<br />Location: Milloc, Lima, [[Peru]] November 2006]] | ||
;[[:Category:Fulica|Fulica]] gigantea | ;[[:Category:Fulica|Fulica]] gigantea | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
Very large coot. Mostly black, lacking white in undertail. Head has a distinct shape as seen in image by megan perkins. Bill is red in lower mandible and tip, white upper mandible, and yellow frontal shield that continues narrowly to the crown where it is surrounded by two feather tufts, giving an impression of the head being partly split. | Very large coot. Mostly black, lacking white in undertail. Head has a distinct shape as seen in image by megan perkins. Bill is red in lower mandible and tip, white upper mandible, and yellow frontal shield that continues narrowly to the crown where it is surrounded by two feather tufts, giving an impression of the head being partly split. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
Andes of southern [[Peru]] to northern [[Chile]] and northwestern [[Argentina]]. | Andes of southern [[Peru]] to northern [[Chile]] and northwestern [[Argentina]]. | ||
| + | [[Image:Giant_Coot.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Photo by {{user|megan+perkins|megan perkins}}<br />Location: Salinas N. Park, [[Peru]] November 2005]] | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
A monotypic species. | A monotypic species. | ||
Revision as of 13:04, 30 March 2013
- Fulica gigantea
Identification
Very large coot. Mostly black, lacking white in undertail. Head has a distinct shape as seen in image by megan perkins. Bill is red in lower mandible and tip, white upper mandible, and yellow frontal shield that continues narrowly to the crown where it is surrounded by two feather tufts, giving an impression of the head being partly split.
Distribution
Andes of southern Peru to northern Chile and northwestern Argentina.
Taxonomy
A monotypic species.
Habitat
Lakes of the high Andean steppe
Behaviour
Constructs nest on floating plant material.
References
- Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
- Alvaro Jaramillo. 2003. Birds of Chile. Princeton Field Guides. ISBN 0-691-11740-3
