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Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Fulica cristata
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- Fulica cristata
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- Fulica cristata
- taxon common name
- Otrika
- wingspan
- 80
- litter size
- 5.9
- egg incubation period
- 21
- short name
- F
- taxon range
- Africa
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Encyclopedic overview
The red-knobbed coot or crested coot (Fulica cristata) is a member of the rail and crake bird family, the Rallidae.
It is a resident breeder across much of Africa and in southernmost Spain on freshwater lakes and ponds. It builds a nest of dead reeds near the water's edge or more commonly afloat, laying about 7 eggs (or more in good conditions).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Red-knobbed Coot” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.