Red-fronted coot
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Fulica |
| Species: | F. rufifrons
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The red-fronted coot (Fulica rufifrons) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. At 36–43 cm (14–17 in), it is a mid-sized species of coot. It is found in Argentina, southern Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, southern Peru and Uruguay. There are also records from Bolivia and the Falkland Islands. Its natural habitat is swamps and well-vegetated lakes and ponds. Fossils of this species are known from the of Chile.[2]
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Fulica rufifrons". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22692940A93375222. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22692940A93375222.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Alarcón-Muñoz, Jhonatan; Labarca, Rafael; Soto-Acuña, Sergio (2020-12-01). "The late Pleistocene-early Holocene rails (Gruiformes: Rallidae) of Laguna de Tagua Tagua Formation, central Chile, with the description of a new extinct giant coot". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 104: 102839. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2020.102839. ISSN 0895-9811.
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Fulica (genus)
- Birds of Chile
- Birds of Argentina
- Birds of Uruguay
- Birds of the South Region
- Birds of the Pampas
- Birds described in 1861
- Taxa named by Christian Ludwig Landbeck
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