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Fulica cristata (Red-knobbed coot)
Bleshoender [Afrikaans]; Unomkqayi, Unompemvana [Xhosa]; Mohetle,
Mohoetle, Tšumu, Boleseboko [South Sotho]; Nhapata (generic name for
coot, gallinule, moorhen, crake or rail) [Shona]; Kukumezani (generic name
for moorhen or coot) [Tsonga]; Kgogonoka [Tswana]; Knobbelmeerkoet
[Dutch]; Foulque à crête [French]; Kammbleßhuhn [German];
Galeirão-de-crista [Portuguese]
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Family: Rallidae
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| Red-knobbed coot,
Rondevlei Nature Reserve, South Africa. [photo
Duncan Robertson ©]. |
Red-knobbed coot adult at nest,
West Coast National Park, South Africa. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©] |
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| Red-knobbed coot, Table View, South
Africa. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©] |
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Distribution of Red-knobbed coot in southern
Africa, based on statistical smoothing of the records from first SA Bird
Atlas Project (©
Animal Demography unit, University of
Cape Town; smoothing by Birgit Erni and Francesca Little). Colours range
from dark blue (most common) through to yellow (least common).
See here for the latest distribution
from the SABAP2. |
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Red-knobbed coots building their nest, Marievale,
South Africa. [photo Warwick Tarboton ©] |
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