Giant Coot (Fulica gigantea) - BirdLife species factsheet

Giant Coot Fulica gigantea

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Taxonomy

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.
SACC. 2006. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm.
SACC. 2006. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	876,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	6700-67000 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2009
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	11.2 years	-	-	-

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats (del Hoyo et al. 1996).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Argentina	extant	native	yes
Bolivia	extant	native	yes
Chile	extant	native	yes
Peru	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Bolivia	Reserva Biológica Cordillera de Sama
Bolivia	Yungas Superiores de Apolobamba
Chile	Parque Nacional Lauca
Peru	Cordillera Huayhuash y Nor-Oyón
Peru	Cotahuasi
Peru	Covire
Peru	Lago de Junín
Peru	Ramis y Arapa (Lago Titicaca, sector Peruano)
Peru	Reserva Nacional Pampa Galeras

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)	major	resident
Altitude	3600 - 6540 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(min) 3500 m

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Giant Coot Fulica gigantea. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/giant-coot-fulica-gigantea on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.