Red-gartered 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. armillata
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| Fulica armillata Vieillot, 1817
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The red-gartered coot (Fulica armillata) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. On average, it grows to 45 cm (18 in) in length, which exceeds that of most coots. It is found in Argentina, southern Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay, and is a vagrant to Bolivia and the Malvinas Islands. Its natural habitats are swamps and freshwater lakes. Fossils of this species are known from the of Chile.[2]
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Fulica armillata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22692937A93375014. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22692937A93375014.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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- Birds of Uruguay
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- Birds described in 1817
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