Data Zone
Taxonomic note
Fulica americana (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) was previously split as F. americana and F. caribaea following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993).
Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N. J.; Christie, D. A.; Elliott, A.; Fishpool, L. D. C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International.
| Critically Endangered | Endangered | Vulnerable |
|---|---|---|
| - | - | - |
| Year | Category | Criteria |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Least Concern | |
| 2014 | Least Concern |
| Migratory status | full migrant | Forest dependency | does not normally occur in forest |
| Land-mass type | Average mass | - |
| Estimate | Data quality | |
|---|---|---|
| Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km2) | 25,500,000 | medium |
| Extent of Occurrence non-breeding (km2) | 20,600,000 | medium |
| Severely fragmented? | no | - |
| Value | Data quality | Derivation | Year of estimate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of mature individuals | poor | estimated | 2009 | |
| Population trend | decreasing | estimated | - | |
| Generation length (years) | 7 | - | - | - |
Population justification: The population is estimated to number 6,000,000 individuals.
Trend justification: This species has undergone a small or statistically insignificant decrease over the last 40 years in North America (data from Breeding Bird Survey and/or Christmas Bird Count: Butcher and Niven 2007).
| Country/Territory | Presence | Origin | Resident | Breeding | Non-breeding | Passage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anguilla (to UK) | extant | native | ||||
| Antigua and Barbuda | extant | native | ||||
| Aruba (to Netherlands) | extant | native | yes | |||
| Bahamas | extant | native | ||||
| Barbados | extant | native | ||||
| Belize | extant | native | yes | |||
| Bermuda (to UK) | extant | native | ||||
| Bolivia | extant | native | yes | |||
| Canada | extant | native | yes | yes | ||
| Cayman Islands (to UK) | extant | native | ||||
| Colombia | extant | native | ||||
| Costa Rica | extant | native | yes | |||
| Cuba | extant | native | ||||
| Curaçao (to Netherlands) | extant | native | yes | |||
| Dominica | extant | native | ||||
| Dominican Republic | extant | native | ||||
| Ecuador | possibly extinct | native | ||||
| El Salvador | extant | native | ||||
| Greenland (to Denmark) | extant | vagrant | ||||
| Grenada | extant | vagrant | ||||
| Guadeloupe (to France) | extant | vagrant | yes | |||
| Guatemala | extant | native | ||||
| Haiti | extant | native | ||||
| Honduras | extant | native | ||||
| Iceland | extant | vagrant | ||||
| Ireland | extant | vagrant | ||||
| Jamaica | extant | native | yes | |||
| Martinique (to France) | extant | native | ||||
| Mexico | extant | native | ||||
| Montserrat (to UK) | extant | native | ||||
| Nicaragua | extant | native | ||||
| Panama | extant | native | ||||
| Portugal | extant | vagrant | ||||
| Puerto Rico (to USA) | extant | native | ||||
| St Barthelemy (to France) | extant | native | ||||
| St Kitts and Nevis | extant | native | ||||
| St Lucia | extant | native | ||||
| St Pierre and Miquelon (to France) | extant | native | yes | |||
| St Vincent and the Grenadines | extant | native | ||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | extant | vagrant | ||||
| Turks and Caicos Islands (to UK) | extant | native | ||||
| USA | extant | native | yes | |||
| Venezuela | extant | native | ||||
| Virgin Islands (to UK) | extant | native | yes | |||
| Virgin Islands (to USA) | extant | native | yes |
| Country/Territory | IBA Name |
|---|---|
| Venezuela | Humedales Boca de Hueque y Sauca |
| Venezuela | Refugio de Fauna Silvestre y Reserva de Pesca Ciénaga de Los Olivitos |
| Venezuela | Morrocoy National Park |
| Venezuela | Parque Nacional Yacambú |
| Sint Maarten (to Netherlands) | Fresh Pond, Sint Maarten |
| Dominican Republic | Cabral Lagoon |
| Dominican Republic | Limón Lagoon |
| Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (to Netherlands) | Washikemba - Fontein - Onima, Bonaire |
| Aruba (to Netherlands) | Bubali Wetlands |
| Aruba (to Netherlands) | Tierra del Sol Salina |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Valley Church Bay |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Bethesda Dam |
| Curaçao (to Netherlands) | Muizenberg, Curaçao |
| Virgin Islands (to USA) | Southgate and Green Cay |
| Curaçao (to Netherlands) | Malpais-St Michiel |
| Venezuela | Refugio de Fauna Silvestre Cuare |
| Venezuela | Reserva de Fauna Silvestre Tucurere |
| Venezuela | Parque Nacional Sierra Nevada |
| Jamaica | Black River Great Morass |
| Haiti | Lac Azuéi |
| Haiti | Trou Caïman |
| Habitat (level 1) | Habitat (level 2) | Importance | Occurrence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marine Intertidal | Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses) | suitable | resident |
| Wetlands (inland) | Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands | major | resident |
| Wetlands (inland) | Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) | suitable | resident |
| Wetlands (inland) | Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) | suitable | resident |
| Altitude | 0 - 3400 m | Occasional altitudinal limits |
| Purpose | Primary form used | Life stage used | Source | Scale | Level | Timing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food - human | - | - | - | non-trivial | recent | |
| Pets/display animals, horticulture | - | - | - | international | non-trivial | recent |
| Sport hunting/specimen collecting | - | - | - | non-trivial | recent |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Fulica americana. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/american-coot-fulica-americana on 25/09/2023.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org on 25/09/2023.
