| Andean Coot Fulica ardesiaca (aka Slate-colored Coot) Chilean name: Tagua andina |
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Chile and Ecuador The Andean Coot is distributed from southern Colombia through Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and northern Chile to north-west Argentina. See the distribution map at xeno-canto. It is found mainly at between 2,100 metres and 4,700 metres but it is occasionally seen at the coast in Peru and northern Chile. It prefers lakes and ponds on the altiplano. |
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It is a reasonably large coot though the smallest of the 3 species found on the altiplano. It is blackish with a slightly darker head. There are 3 colour morphs showing variations in bill and frontal shield colours. One morph has a small dark red frontal shield and a yellow bill with a grey tip, another has a white bill with a yellow frontal shield, and the third has a white bill and white frontal shield. | |||
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