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’s large lobed feet
Title: American Coot’s large lobed feet
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 1/4/2013
American Coot coming on to the ice from the water
Title: American Coot coming on to the ice from the water
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 1/4/2013
American Coot walking on snow-covered ice
Title: An American American Coot walking on snow-covered ice
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 1/4/2013
American Coot walking in snow
Title: American Coot walking in snow
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 1/4/2013
Solitary Coot in the morning mist of the Lower Lake
Title: Solitary Coot in the morning mist of the Lower Lake
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 6/11/2012
American Coot chick in Salt Lake County
Title: American Coot chick in Salt Lake County
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 8/26/2010
Nesting American Coot at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
Title: Nesting American Coot at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
Location: Bear River National Wildlife Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/30/2010
American Coot Scratching
Title: American Coot Scratching
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 4/13/2010
American Coot moving slowly on ice
Title: American Coot moving slowly on ice
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/15/2009
Coot standing on ice
Title: Coot standing on ice
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/15/2009
An American Coot going into an attack pose
Title: An American Coot going into an attack pose
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/15/2009
American Coot from the back
Title: American Coot from the back
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/15/2009
A Coot on slippery ice
Title: A Coot on slippery ice
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/15/2009
American Coot standing on bronze colored ice and water
Title: American Coot standing on bronze colored ice and water
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/15/2009
Coot on cold water
Title: Coot on cold water
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/6/2009
American Coot chasing another Coot
Title: American Coot chasing another Coot
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/6/2009
Sinking American Coot
Title: Sinking American Coot
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/6/2009
American Coot in pre-attack pose
Title: American Coot in pre-attack pose
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/6/2009
American Coot wing flapping on a winter day
Title: American Coot wing flapping on a winter day
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/6/2009
American Coot in a defensive posture
Title: American Coot in a defensive posture
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/6/2009