Listen to the Red-knobbed coot
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About the Red-knobbed coot
The Red-knobbed coot is a bird in the family Rallidae (order Gruiformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 80 cm and weigh around 41 g.
What does the Red-knobbed coot sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as flight call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The red-knobbed coot or crested coot (Fulica cristata) is a member of the rail and crake bird family, the Rallidae.
It is a resident breeder across much of Africa and in southernmost Spain on freshwater lakes and ponds. It builds a nest of dead reeds near the water's edge or more commonly afloat, laying about 7 eggs (or more in good conditions).
Related birds in the genus Fulica
More from the family Rallidae
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Corn crake
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Water rail
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Spotted crake
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Baillon's crake
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Western swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrio
White-breasted waterhen
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Takahē
Porphyrio hochstetteri
Weka
Gallirallus australis
Ruddy-breasted crake
Zapornia fusca
Frequently asked questions
What does a Red-knobbed coot sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Red-knobbed coot on this page, including its flight call. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the Red-knobbed coot endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Red-knobbed coot as “least concern”.
What family does the Red-knobbed coot belong to?
The Red-knobbed coot (Fulica cristata) belongs to the family Rallidae in the order Gruiformes.
Sources & credits
- Flight call · Área Metropolitana de Sevilla (near Isla Mayor), Sevilla… by Joost van Bruggen – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q748033 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Red-knobbed coot – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Ralf Roletschek – GFDL 1.2