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Common Coot

Fulica atra

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Field Notes

Description:

Found in Vondelpark in Amsterdam. It seemed to be a quite territorial bird.

Species ID Suggestions

Coot

Fulica atra

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Comments (2)
annorion
Interesting...Thought it looked really familiar to the moorhens (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6851604) we have here except white and according to wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coot) a coot is a close relative and notes they are highly territorial during breeding.
auntnance123
It looks to me like a coot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coot). I didn't know they were in Europe too.

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PublishedJuly 20, 2011

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