American Coot Images, Facts and Information:<\/h2>\n
Fulica americana<\/i><\/p>\n\n- 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.<\/li>\n
- 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.<\/li>\n
- American Coots prefer habitats which include ponds, lakes and marshes. During the winter they can also be found in coastal inlets and bays.<\/li>\n
- The diet of American Coots includes aquatic and terrestrial vegetation, aquatic invertebrates, snails, worms and amphibians.<\/li>\n
- American Coots lay 2 to 12 eggs which hatch in 21 to 25 days. Both sexes incubate and they are monogamous.<\/li>\n
- Nicknames for American Coots include “Marsh Hen” and “Mud Hen”.<\/li>\n
- A group of coots can be called a “commotion”, “shoal”, “swarm” and “fleet” of coots.<\/li>\n
- American Coots can live up to 22 years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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