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Giant coot

Fulica gigantea Eydoux & Souleyet, 1841

LCLeast Concernbirds

The giant coot (Fulica gigantea) is a species in the family Rallidae, order Gruiformes. Recorded adults weigh 2.21 kg to 2.7 kg. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Giant coot (Fulica gigantea)
Photo: Till Niermann · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the giant coot

Weight
2.21 kg – 2.7 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
wetlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
4.6src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Aquaticsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the giant coot live?

Not recorded

What is the giant coot?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The giant coot (Fulica gigantea) is a species of bird in subfamily Rallinae of family Rallidae, the rails, gallinules, and coots. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.

From the Wikipedia article “Giant coot” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Giant_coot&oldid=1348814942), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the giant coot endangered?

The giant coot is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the giant coot classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderGruiformes
  5. familyRallidae
  6. genusFulica
  7. SpeciesFulica gigantea Eydoux & Souleyet, 1841

Synonyms Fulcia gigantea

Other names and names in other languages (31)
  • غرة عملاقةArabic
  • fotja gegantCatalan
  • lyska velkáCzech
  • cwtiar fawrWelsh
  • KæmpeblishøneDanish
  • RiesenblässhuhnGerman
  • giganta fulikoEsperanto
  • Focha giganteSpanish
  • Gallareta GiganteSpanish
  • Tagua giganteSpanish
  • suurlaukEstonian
  • punannokikanaFinnish
  • Foulque géanteFrench
  • velika liskaCroatian
  • óriásszárcsaHungarian
  • Folaga giganteItalian
  • オニオオバンJapanese
  • didysis laukysLithuanian
  • ReuzenkoetDutch
  • kjempesothøneNorwegian
  • łyska wielkaPolish
  • carqueja-gigantePortuguese
  • galeirão-gigantePortuguese
  • Гигантская лысухаRussian
  • lyska veľkáSlovak
  • Džinovska liskaSerbian
  • jättesothönaSwedish
  • Koca MekeTurkish
  • лиска гігантськаUkrainian
  • 大骨顶Chinese
  • 大瓣蹼雞Chinese

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Relatives of the giant coot

Other species in the same genus Fulica.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the giant coot?

An adult giant coot weighs 2.21 kg – 2.7 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the giant coot endangered?

The giant coot is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the giant coot?

The giant coot (Fulica gigantea) belongs to the family Rallidae in the order Gruiformes.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{giant_coot_2026,
  title = {Giant coot (Fulica gigantea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/giant-coot},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}