Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Gruiformes > Family Rallidae > Genus Fulica

Fulica americana Gmelin, 1789

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

FulicaLinnaeus, 1758accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: Amerikaanse meerkoet sources: Avibase - the world bird database
 English: American coot sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
 English-United States: American Coot sources: Charles Hussey
 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
 Israel (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; американская 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; Лиска американська

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

Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983

additional source

Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 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.

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

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. Bath. 383 p.

additional source

Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

additional source

ITIS database

Genbank

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (19 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (902 publications)
Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Fulica americana Gmelin, 1789. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159007

Drs Cees Roselaar. Fulica americana Gmelin, 1789. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96787

Image

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, not brackish, fresh

Importance

no data

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GUID

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Last modified

2011-04-27 by Drs Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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