Eurasian CootFulica atraMissä ja milloin niitä voi nähdä

The Eurasian Coot is a dark waterbird with a conspicuous white bill and frontal shield. Although often watched alongside ducks, it is a different kind of wetland bird. This batch links it with three separately scoped settings: Rohrschollen near Strasbourg, Grande Noë in the Seine loop, and the Luxor–Aswan Nile corridor. Species background source: https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/birds/wading-birds/coot

Koko

36–40 cm body length; wingspan about 75 cm.

Paino

Approximately 800 g.

Elinikä

Average 5 years reported by The Wildlife Trusts; not a local population estimate.

Tila

UK Green according to The Wildlife Trusts; current global assessment not verified.

The Wildlife Trusts describes frequent diving and bringing captured food to the surface before eating, sometimes provoking disputes. Coots often spend more time on open water than Moorhens. Adults and young look remarkably different, with orange fluff around the face and body of small chicks.

• The frontal shield is white.
• The bill is also white.
• It commonly dives for food.
• Captured food may be brought to the surface.
• Chicks have orange fluff.
• Its appearance differs from a Moorhen.
• The batch includes three separately scoped rivers.

Registry guidance differs by river: winter watching at Rohrschollen, year-round opportunities at Grande Noë, and dated March 2007 observations on the Nile. No verified recurring numerical calendar was established for any of these exact contexts. The Nile trip dates are especially unsuitable as seasonal months. Each location therefore retains an empty month array and its own evidence limitation.

Ponds, lakes and rivers are recognised habitats. The Rhine entry concerns a shore excursion at Rohrschollen, while the Seine entry is an inland gravel-pit lake reserve. Nile records come from a cruise report. These contexts should remain separate: one waterbird's presence does not make all three rivers equivalent viewing environments.

The retrieved Wildlife Trusts account explicitly records small invertebrates caught by diving. It does not establish an exclusively animal diet, and no local food analysis was verified for these three reaches. A bird surfacing with food may offer useful behavioural information, but the prey should remain unidentified unless clearly visible.

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Eurasian Coot

Scientific name

Fulica atra

Eläinryhmä

Birds

Koko

36–40 cm body length; wingspan about 75 cm.

Paino

Approximately 800 g.

Elinikä

Average 5 years reported by The Wildlife Trusts; not a local population estimate.

Tila

UK Green according to The Wildlife Trusts; current global assessment not verified.

Tunnistaminen

Adults have a dark body with a white bill and white frontal shield above it. Moorhens instead show a red bill area with a yellow tip and different flank markings. Small Coot chicks are not miniature black-and-white adults. Distance, glare and age can obscure the familiar features, so use more than silhouette alone.