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Common Coot or Eurasian Coot

Fulica atra

Description:

Duck-like body, sooty grey but beak is white as is the forehead shield.

Habitat:

Swimming in a waterbody on the outskirts of Mysore town by the side of a busy highway.

Notes:

It shared space with egrets, white ibises, pelicans and many species of ducks.

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SukanyaDatta
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SukanyaDatta

Mysore, Karnataka, India

Spotted on May 13, 2014
Submitted on May 15, 2014

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