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Species
Least ConcernChile Central
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Fulica gigantea
- Commons category
- Fulica gigantea
- taxon common name
- galeirão-gigante
- litter size
- 4.6
- short name
- F. gigantea
- taxon range
- South America
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Encyclopedic overview
The giant coot (Fulica gigantea) is a species of bird in subfamily Rallinae of family Rallidae, the rails, gallinules, and coots. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.
Taxonomy and systematics
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Giant Coot” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.