American Coot Images, Facts and Information:
Fulica americana
- American Coots are chunky chicken-like birds with dark to black bodies, red eyes, white bills with a dark ring, and long greenish yellow legs with long toes.
- In some areas coots are year round residents and in other areas they are migratory. American Coots can be found throughout North America, Mexico and the Caribbean.
- American Coots prefer habitats which include ponds, lakes and marshes. During the winter they can also be found in coastal inlets and bays.
- The diet of American Coots includes aquatic and terrestrial vegetation, aquatic invertebrates, snails, worms and amphibians.
- American Coots lay 2 to 12 eggs which hatch in 21 to 25 days. Both sexes incubate and they are monogamous.
- Nicknames for American Coots include “Marsh Hen” and “Mud Hen”.
- A group of coots can be called a “commotion”, “shoal”, “swarm” and “fleet” of coots.
- American Coots can live up to 22 years.
I hope you enjoy viewing my American Coot photos.
American Coot adult about to enter the water
Title: American Coot adult about to enter the water
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 3/18/2024
Adult American Coot entering the water
Title: Adult American Coot entering the water
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 3/18/2024
American Coot adult on a mound in the marsh
Title: American Coot adult on a mound in the marsh
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 3/18/2024
Adult American Coot on the last day of winter
Title: Adult American Coot on the last day of winter
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 3/18/2024
Northern Shoveler drake with an American Coot
Title: Northern Shoveler drake with an American Coot
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 3/18/2024
Urban American Coot feeding on grass
Title: Urban American Coot feeding on grass
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 2/10/2024
Urban American Coot in winter
Title: Urban American Coot in winter
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 2/10/2024
Scooting Coot being chased
Title: Scooting Coot being chased
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 11/14/2023
Coot scooting on a fall morning
Title: Coot scooting on a fall morning
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 11/14/2023
Cute Coot scoot
Title: Cute Coot scoot
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 11/14/2023
Third photo of an American Coot diving
Title: Third photo of an American Coot diving
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 10/29/2023
Second photo of an American Coot diving
Title: Second photo of an American Coot diving
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 10/29/2023
American Coot diving into the water
Title: American Coot diving into the water
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 10/29/2023
American Coot stink eye
Title: American Coot stink eye
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 10/29/2023
Three American Coots in autumn
Title: Three American Coots in autumn
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 10/23/2023
American Coot in ripples
Title: American Coot in ripples
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 10/15/2023
Juvenile American Coot eating breakfast
Title: Juvenile American Coot eating breakfast
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 8/23/2023
Late summer baby American Coot
Title: Late summer baby American Coot
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 8/23/2023
Baby American Coot in Salt Lake County
Title: Baby American Coot in Salt Lake County
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 8/23/2023
Very young American Coot in August
Title: Very young American Coot in August
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 8/23/2023