Giant Coot
Fulica gigantea - Foulque géante
Systematics
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Order:
Gruiformes
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Family:
Rallidés
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Genus:
Fulica
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Species:
gigantea
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 59 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: 2000 à 2500 g
Geographic range
Identification
Giant Coot (Fulica gigantea) is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Foulque géante,
- Focha gigante,
- carqueja-gigante,
- Riesenblässhuhn,
- óriásszárcsa,
- Reuzenkoet,
- Folaga gigante,
- jättesothöna,
- Kjempesothøne,
- lyska veľká,
- lyska velká,
- Kæmpeblishøne,
- punannokikana,
- fotja gegant,
- łyska wielka,
- Гигантская лысуха,
- オニオオバン,
- 大骨顶,
- jättesothöna,
- 大瓣蹼雞,
Habitat
Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Aegotheliformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Nyctibiiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podargiformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Steatornithiformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes