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Fulica atra
Note that the juvenile has a red face in its early life but this soon changes to grey and white and later still the white frontal shield appears and the plumage becomes black. A number of people mistake these red-faced juveniles for Crested Coots!
Coastal marshes.
Spotted on May 6, 2014
Submitted on Jul 22, 2014
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