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Fulica leucoptera

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Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina

[edit] Identification

Yellow bill, pale yellow to bright orange shield (not separated by red), white undertail coverts and broad white tips to the secondaries which are visible in flight.

[edit] Similar Species

Red-gartered Coot has white on leading edge of wing, not on secondaries.

[edit] Distribution

Extreme southeastern Brazil to eastern Bolivia and south through Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile, and Argentina to Tierra del Fuego.

[edit] Taxonomy

A monotypic species.

[edit] Habitat

Swamps and freshwater lakes, freshwater lagoons, ponds and marshes, preferring sandy or grassy shores. Found from sea level to mid elevations.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
2. Alvaro Jaramillo. 2003. Birds of Chile. Princeton Field Guides. ISBN 0-691-11740-3

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