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[[Image:Horned_Coot.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by '''rekel'''<br />Location: Lago Miniques (near Salar de Atacama), [[Chile]] November 2005]] | [[Image:Horned_Coot.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by '''rekel'''<br />Location: Lago Miniques (near Salar de Atacama), [[Chile]] November 2005]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | 24 1/2 in. Head and body black, with chest and abdomen clearer. | + | Very large, up to 24 1/2 in. Head and body black, with chest and abdomen clearer. As a rule, lacks white in undertail coverts. Bill greenish yellow to orange, with upper edge black; above the bill is a strange horn-like structure originating at the front of the head. Lacks frontal shield typical of other coots. Legs yellowish-green. |
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
Southwestern [[Bolivia]] to northern [[Chile]] and northwestern [[Argentina]]. | Southwestern [[Bolivia]] to northern [[Chile]] and northwestern [[Argentina]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | + | This is a monotypic species. | |
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Lakes and lagoons in the high Andes. | Lakes and lagoons in the high Andes. | ||
Revision as of 17:43, 28 June 2009
- Fulica cornuta
Identification
Very large, up to 24 1/2 in. Head and body black, with chest and abdomen clearer. As a rule, lacks white in undertail coverts. Bill greenish yellow to orange, with upper edge black; above the bill is a strange horn-like structure originating at the front of the head. Lacks frontal shield typical of other coots. Legs yellowish-green.
Distribution
Southwestern Bolivia to northern Chile and northwestern Argentina.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Habitat
Lakes and lagoons in the high Andes.
Behaviour
They build a platform of stones and vegetation for a nest.
References
- 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
- Alvaro Jaramillo. 2003. Birds of Chile. Princeton Field Guides. ISBN 0-691-11740-3
