Hawaiian Coot

When to see the Hawaiian Coot

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Hawaiian Coot

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Hawaiian Coot

The ʻAlae keʻokeʻo, also known as the Hawaiian coot in English, is a bird in the rail family, Rallidae, that is endemic to Hawaii. In Hawaiian, ʻalae is a noun and means mud hen. Keʻo is an adjective for clear or white. It is similar to the American coot at 33–40.6 cm (13–16 in) in length and weighing around 700 g. It has black plumage and a prominent white frontal shield. Its natural habitats are freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, coastal saline lagoons, and water storage areas. The bird was federally listed in October 1970 as an endangered species and is considered both endemic and endangered by the state of Hawaiʻi.

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Easily confused with

Andean CootFulica ardesiacaThe Andean coot is 40 to 43 cm (16 to 17 in) long. 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.