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American coot

Fulica Americana

Description:

It is omnivorous, eating plant material, arthropods, fish, and other aquatic animals. Its principle source of food is aquatic vegetation, especially algae

Habitat:

Mangrove swamp

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3 Comments

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

Dank je, Matthijs and thank you, gatorfellows!

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 11 years ago

Lovely series :)

Matthijs
Matthijs 11 years ago

Did spotted the Eurasian Coot today ( just uploaded the pic) They do look different.. very interesting to see... great series... grtz Matthijs

Maria dB
Spotted by
Maria dB

Mexico

Spotted on Dec 17, 2012
Submitted on Jan 18, 2013

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