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Fulica atra
Medium sized bird, some 35 to 40 cm in length, all black except for the white bill and facial shield. It also has grey legs with a very long toes, equipped with special kind of webbing. Juvenile birds (Photos 1 and 3) do not have facial shields, and show whitish chest and bellies. Noisy bird, and not very secretive.
Lake Geneva, urban environment.
Spotted on Aug 5, 2013
Submitted on Feb 7, 2018
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