🐾 Common Coot

Fulica atra · wildlife atlas entry

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The Eurasian coot ( Fulica atra ), also known as coot , is a member of the rail and crake bird family, the Rallidae. The scientific name is from Latin; Fulica is "coot", and atra is "black". It is found in Europe, Asia, Australia and parts of Africa. The Australian subspecies is known as the Australian coot . Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Common Coot — reference photo from iNaturalist — (c) Wei Li Jiang, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Wei Li Jiang · cc-by-nc

Record card

Scientific name	Fulica atra
Rank	species
Community observations	189,133 research-grade records on iNaturalist

Classification

kingdom Animalia › phylum Chordata › class Aves › order Gruiformes › family Rallidae

Seen in the wild — community photographs

Common Coot photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · London
(c) ellablair, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Common Coot photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · Thornhill Bridge Wharf, London, England, GB
(c) TERRI MEWBORN, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Common Coot photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-08-19 · CBD, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
(c) Adam Edmonds, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Common Coot photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · 21018 Sesto Calende VA, Italia
(c) Nicola Marchioli, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Common Coot photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-14 · London, England, GB
(c) Jose Gutierrez Higa, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

Common Coot photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Stop 2 Montefiore Rd - East side, North Adelaide SA 5006, Australia
(c) jg001, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Common Coot photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Prince Alfred College Rowing Shed, North Adelaide SA 5006, Australia
(c) jg001, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Common Coot photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · Weifang, CN-SD, CN
(c) zcguoxia, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

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