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Giant Coot (Fulica gigantea)

Giant Coot
Photo: Robin Holler, cropped by Kersti Nebelsiek via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 — free for commercial reuse.

About the Giant Coot

The giant coot (Fulica gigantea) is a species of bird in subfamily Rallinae of family Rallidae, the rails, gallinules, and coots. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. The giant coot is monotypic.

Source: Giant coot on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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No audio on this page yet

We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 47 recordings for this species: 12 CC BY-NC-ND · 4 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.

As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.

Listed as recorded in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru in the xeno-canto catalogue.

Related species you can hear

This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.