Fulica: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Fulica
Species
Scientific Name: Fulica

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Coot

Coots are medium-sized water birds that are members of the rail family, Rallidae. They constitute the genus Fulica, the name being the Latin term for "coot". Coots have predominantly black plumage, and—unlike many rails—they are usually easy to see, often swimming in open water.

Fulica in languages:

Afrikaans: Bleshoenders
Arabic: غرة
Bokmål: Sothøner
Chinese: 骨頂屬
Czech: lyska
English: Coots
Estonian: Laugud
Finnish: nokikanat
German: Blässhühner
Hungarian: szárcsák
Italian: Folaga
Japanese: オオバン属
Korean: 물닭속
Portuguese: Carquejas
Russian: Лысухи
Swedish: sothöns
Thai: สกุล นกคู้ต
Thai: นกคู้ต ฯลฯ

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