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WetlandPlatform nestLarge · 656 g
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The white-winged coot is 35 to 43 cm (14 to 17 in) long and weighs about 400 to 600 g (14 to 21 oz). The sexes are alike. Adults have a yellow to greenish yellow bill and a small yellow to orange-yellow frontal shield, though these colors may further vary. Their legs and feet are pale sea green to yellow-green and have blackish toes and joints. Their plumage is slaty gray that is blacker on the head and neck. They have white undertail coverts, and wide white tips on the secondaries provide the English name. Voice: The white-winged coot is very vocal, making a "variety of loud, hollow cackling calls and clucking notes" some of which sound like human laughter. Aggressive males make a "huc" call.
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When to see the White-winged 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 White-winged Coot
The map shades 8 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the White-winged Coot
The white-winged coot is a species of bird in the subfamily Rallinae of the family Rallidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, and the Falkland Islands.
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Easily confused with
Red-fronted CootFulica rufifronsThe red-fronted coot is 38 to 43 cm (15 to 17 in) long.
Andean CootFulica ardesiacaThe Andean coot is 40 to 43 cm (16 to 17 in) long.
Red-gartered CootFulica armillataThe red-gartered coot is 43 to 51 cm (17 to 20 in) long.
Side by side: Red-knobbed Coot vs White-winged Coot · Red-gartered Coot vs White-winged Coot · Red-fronted Coot vs White-winged Coot · Andean Coot vs White-winged Coot
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