Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Gruiformes > Suborder Ralli > Superfamily Ralloidea > Family Rallidae > Genus Fulica

Fulica americana Gmelin, 1789

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Fulica*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: Amerikaanse meerkoet sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

English: American coot sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: foulque d'Amérique sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

German: Amerikanisches Blesshuhn sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Αμερικανική Φαλαρίδα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: אגמית sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: Amerikinis laukys sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: łyska Amerykańska sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: Aмериканская лысуха sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: Ameriška liska sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: focha Americana sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: Amerika mekesi sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Американська лиска; Лиска Aмериканська

Literature

basis of record	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.
additional source	Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.
additional source	Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.
additional source	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
additional source	Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.