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WetlandPlatform nestLarge · 988 g
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The Andean coot is 40 to 43 cm (16 to 17 in) long. It has two color morphs that are present in both subspecies. Both morphs are mostly slaty gray that is blacker on the head and neck. Their secondaries usually have white tips. One morph has a chrome yellow bill that is paler yellow and sometimes green on the tip, a deep chesnut frontal shield, and green legs and feet. The other has a white bill, a white to orange-yellow frontal shield, and slaty legs and feet. Voice: The Andean coot's usual call is "a low 'churr' or harder 'hrrp'" that is often repeated. Females make a "low chitter".
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When to see the Andean Coot
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Andean Coot
The map shades 6 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Andean Coot
The Andean coot, also known as the slate-colored coot, is a species of bird in subfamily Rallinae of family Rallidae, the rails, gallinules, and coots. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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Easily confused with
Hawaiian CootFulica alaiThe ʻAlae keʻokeʻo, also known as the Hawaiian coot in English, is a bird in the rail family, Rallidae, that is endemic to Hawaii.
Red-fronted CootFulica rufifronsThe red-fronted coot is 38 to 43 cm (15 to 17 in) long.
Giant CootFulica giganteaThe giant coot is the second largest extant member of family Rallidae, after the takahē of New Zealand.
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