Australasian Coot: Profile

Australasian Coot (Fulica atra ssp australis)

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)

Order:

Cranes (Gruiformes)

Family:

Rails (Rallidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Australasian Coot (Fulica atra ssp australis)

This Photo:

Profile

Thank you Geoffrey Cox for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA, Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere
According to Piotr Minias, in his Oct 2014 study, gender differentiation using the size of the frontal shield is only ~70% accurate.
Eurasian Coots have lobed feet, not webbed. The lobes, or flaps, fold easily; probably making it easy to 'swim' through water with lots of vegetation.

This species is classed as

NT (Near Threatened)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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