Galapagos Species Database
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Fulica americana columbiana
Focha Americana, Gallareta americana, American coot
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Gruiformes
Family
Rallidae
Genus
Fulica
Species
americana
Subspecies
columbiana
Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa
Origin: Vagrant
Distribution: Two observers recorded a single coot at La Lobería, San Cristóbal, on 22 November 1997 (archives of CDRS).
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- Janni, O. (1999) First record of American Coot Fulica americana in the Galápagos islands. Cotinga 12: 83.
- Swash, A. Still, R. (2000) Birds, mammals, and reptiles of the Galapagos Islands, an identification guide. Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, 168 pp.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Fulica americana columbiana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5088. Accessed 31 October 2026.