White-winged Coot

White-winged Coot

Taxobox
name = White-winged Coot



status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Gruiformes
familia = Rallidae
genus = "Fulica"
species = "F. leucoptera"
binomial = "Fulica leucoptera"
binomial_authority = Vieillot, 1817
synonyms =
The White-winged Coot ("Fulica leucoptera") is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Falkland Islands, Paraguay, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and Uruguay.Its natural habitats are swamps and freshwater lakes.

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* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/49006/all Fulica leucoptera] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.


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