Red-gartered Coot

Fulica armillata

Least Concern

The Red-gartered Coot is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of the Andes and southern South American wetlands. It usually keeps close to dense cover around marshes, wet grassland, flooded fields, or shallow water, where it searches for seeds, shoots, insects, and other small invertebrates with its long toes spreading its weight on soft ground.

Family

Rallidae

Group

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

Range

Red-gartered Coot Range — Resident or seasonal range in the Andes and southern South American wetlands

Population

≈ Unknown

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