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Crested coot
Fulica cristata
Description
Sturdy waterbird (L 40 cm), ussually difficult to pick out
in mixed flocks with Coot (Fulica atra), especially during
non-breeding season when the red "horns" are small
and insignificant. The three main habitats frequented by Crested
Coot are natural marshes, marshes transformed into rice-fields
and small, shallow, inland lagoons, semi-permanent or seasonal,
with dense vegetation. All such wetland habitats has abundant
submerged macrophytes. Migrant.
Reasons for the need for protection/inclusion in annex
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The Crested Coot is "endangered" in the EU, where
only about 20 breeding pairs occurs. There are no clearly
reasons which explain this marked decline, but it could be
related with north Africa population trends.Today, the main
threat is hunting of Crested Coot during summer and autumn.
yellow = summer visitor
green = resident
blue = winter visitor
Population :
less than 50 pairs
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