Coots

All 2 species of coots on WAnimals

Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.

Conservation status

Where they live

Recorded in 72 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:

Where to see them

Did you know…?

• It is told from the Eurasian coot by two red knobs on its forehead.

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• It is a rallid with an African distribution that reaches southern Iberia: one of the greatest oddities of Spanish birdlife.

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• Although it is omnivorous, it feeds above all on aquatic plants such as Potamogeton, but it also takes the eggs and chicks of other waterbirds.

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• The chicks hatch in striking red and orange down, which may help the parents tell them apart and favour particular ones.

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Ecosystems