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Order:
Gruiformes
Family:
Rallidae
Genus:
Fulica
Scientific:
Fulica americana
Citation:
Gmelin, JF, 1789
Reference:
Syst.Nat. p.704
Protonym:
Fulica americana
Avibase ID:
4FB248BAEFEC2868
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/4FB248BA
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 176292
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.): American Coot ( Fulica americana) |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.): American Coot ( Fulica americana) |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.): American Coot ( Fulica americana) |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.): American Coot ( Fulica americana) |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.): American Coot ( Fulica americana) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): American or Caribbean Coot ( Fulica [americana or caribaea]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): American or Caribbean Coot ( Fulica [americana or caribaea]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2016: American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2017: American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.50: American/Caribbean Coot ( Fulica americana/caribaea) |
eBird version 1.52: American/Caribbean Coot ( Fulica americana/caribaea) |
eBird version 1.53: American/Caribbean Coot ( Fulica americana/caribaea) |
eBird version 1.54: American/Caribbean Coot ( Fulica americana/caribaea) |
eBird version 1.55: American/Caribbean Coot ( Fulica americana/caribaea) |
eBird version 2015: American/Caribbean Coot ( Fulica americana/caribaea) |
eBird version 2016: American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
eBird version 2017: American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
eBird version 2018: American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016): American Coot ( Fulica americana) |
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017): American Coot ( Fulica americana) |
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): American Coot ( Fulica americana) |
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): American Coot ( Fulica americana) |
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): American Coot ( Fulica americana) |
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): American Coot ( Fulica americana) |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: American Coot ( Fulica americana) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Fulica [americana, alai, ardesiaca]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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