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Giant Coot

Fulica gigantea Eydoux, JFT; Souleyet, LFA 1841

The giant coot is a species of coot from South America. It is found at lakes in the altiplano from central Peru, through western Bolivia, to north-eastern Chile and extreme north-western Argentina. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Gruiformes
Family:
  Rallidae
Genus:
   Fulica
Scientific:
  Fulica gigantea

Original description

Citation:
  Eydoux, JFT; Souleyet, LFA 1841

Reference:
   Voy. Monde La Bonite Zool. 1 p.102,Atlas Ois. pl.8

Protonym:
  Fulcia gigantea

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11256262

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  2E7A75E7BB2CEF19

Avibase ID:
  avibase-2E7A75E7

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/2E7A75E7

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 176298

Geographic range:

  • Fulica gigantea: Andes of s Peru to n Chile and nw Argentina
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Giant Coot
Catalan:
Fotja gegant
Czech:
lyska velká
Danish:
Kæmpeblishøne
German:
Riesenbläßhuhn
Spanish:
Focha Gigante
Spanish (Spain):
Focha Gigante
Finnish:
punannokikana
French:
Foulque géante
Croatian:
velika liska
Hungarian:
óriásszárcsa
Icelandic:
Tröllhæna
Italian:
Folaga gigante
Japanese (romaji):
oniooban
Japanese:
オニオオバン
Lithuanian:
Didysis laukys
Dutch:
Reuzenkoet
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Kjempesothøne
Norwegian:
Kjempesothøne
Polish:
łyska wielka
Portuguese:
Carqueja-gigante
Russian:
Гигантская лысуха
Slovak:
lyska veľká
Serbian:
Džinovska liska
Swedish:
jättesothöna
Ukrainian:
Лиска гігантська
Chinese:
大骨顶
Chinese (Traditional):
大瓣蹼雞

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2022):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Foulque géante ( Fulica gigantea)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Foulque géante ( Fulica gigantea)
Clements 1st edition:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Clements, version 2021:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Clements, version 2022:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Clements 3rd edition:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Clements 4th edition:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Clements 6th edition:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Clements, version 2015:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Clements, version 2016:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Clements, version 2017:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Clements, version 2018:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Clements, version 2019:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
eBird version 1.50:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
eBird version 1.52:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
eBird version 1.53:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
eBird version 1.54:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
eBird version 1.55:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
eBird version 2015:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
eBird version 2016:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
eBird version 2017:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
eBird version 2018:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
eBird version 2019:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
eBird version 2021:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
eBird version 2022:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Fulica gigantea
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Fulica gigantea
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Fulica gigantea
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022):
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Giant Coot ( Fulica gigantea)
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Fulica gigantea
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Fulica gigantea

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Azerbaijani: iri qaşqaldaq
Bengali: ফৃ঴ৎ জরকুক্কুট
Bengali (transliteration): br̥haṯ jalakukkuṭa
Catalan: Fotja gegant
Czech: Lyska velká
Danish: Kæmpeblishøne
German: Riesenbläßhuhn
English: Giant Coot
English, HBW: Giant Coot
English (IOC): Giant Coot
English (United States): Giant Coot
Esperanto: Giganta fuliko
Spanish: Focha Gigante, Gallareta gigante, Tagua gigante
Spanish (Argentine): Gallareta gigante
Spanish (Bolivia): Gallareta gigante
Spanish (Chile): Tagua gigante
Spanish (Spain): Focha Gigante
Spanish (HBW): Giant Coot
Spanish (Peru): Gallareta Gigante
Estonian: suurlauk
Finnish: Punannokikana
French: Foulque géante
Croatian: velika liska
Hungarian: óriásszárcsa
Icelandic: Tröllhæna
Italian: Folaga gigante
Japanese (romaji): oniooban
Japanese: オニオオバン
Scientific: Fulcia [sic] gigantea, Fulcia gigantea, Fulica gigantea
Lithuanian: Didysis laukys
Dutch: Reuzenkoet
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kjempesothøne
Norwegian: Kjempesothøne
Polish: lyska wielka, łyska wielka
Portuguese: Carqueja-gigante
Portuguese (Portugal): galeirão-gigante
Russian: Гигантская лысуха
Slovak: lyska kráľovská, lyska veľká
Serbian: Džinovska liska
Swedish: Jättesothöna
Turkish: Koca Meke
Ukrainian: Лиска гігантська
Uzbek: катта қашқалдоқ
Chinese: 大骨顶
Chinese (Traditional): 大瓣蹼雞

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