Coot (Fulica atra) Science Article 6 abstract Nesting of the Great Crested Grebe in loose colonies and in close association with the Coot was investigated in Lakes Meteliai and Obelija in 1983-?1986 and 1999 and in Lake paltytis in 1984-?1986. Particular lakes and years were considered as integrators of between-lake and between-year differences in breeding […]
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Night use by ducklings of active American Coot, Fulica americana, nests.
American Coot (Fulica americana) Science Article 7 abstract Coots were monitored at night contained ducklings. The nests hatched normally PETER L. HURD, Canadian Field Naturalist 107: 364. Download article download full text (pdf)
Review of the Status of American and Caribbean Coots in the United States Virgin Islands
American Coot (Fulica americana) Science Article 8 abstract Breeding (and non-breeding) American (Fulica americana) and Caribbean (F. caribaea) coots are generally rare to uncommon in the United States Virgin Islands where they have a restricted distribution at some brackish and freshwater sites. Their sympatric range includes St. Croix, where coots are most numerous at brackish […]
Carotenoids in the eggs of american coots: associations with size of eggs, local environment, and diet
American Coot (Fulica americana) Science Article 9 abstract I studied carotenoids in the eggs of American coots (Fulica americana) from 3 study sites in Saskatchewan, Canada. I supplemented two diet types designed to reduce carotenoids in the diet of laying coots to investigate the relationship of carotenoids and the size of eggs and to examine […]
Epizootic Vacuolar Myelinopathy of the Central Nervous System of American Coots (Fulica americana) and Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
American Coot (Fulica americana) Science Article 10 abstract Unprecedented mortality occurred in bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) at DeGray Lake, Arkansas, during the winters of 1994-1995 and 1996-1997. The first eagles were found dead during November, soon after arrival from fall migration, and deaths continued into January during both episodes. In total, 29 eagles died at […]
Paternity-parasitism trade-offs: a model and test of host-parasite cooperation in an avian conspecific brood parasite
American Coot (Fulica americana) Science Article 11 abstract Efforts to evaluate the evolutionary and ecological dynamics of conspecific brood parasitism in birds and other animals have focused on the fitness costs of parasitism to hosts and fitness benefits to parasites. However, it has been speculated recently that, in species with biparental care, host males might […]
Improving the reliability of molecular sexing of birds using a W-specific marker
American Coot (Fulica americana) Science Article 12 abstract Molecular techniques for identifying sex of birds utilize length differences between CHD-Z and CHD-W introns, but in some cases these methods can lead to sexing errors. Here we show that an additional W-specific primer can be used in conjunction with a pre-existing sexing primer pair to dramatically […]
coot nesting and feeding habits in southeastern Washington.
American Coot (Fulica americana) Science Article 13 abstract No abstract Fitzner, R. E., E. T. Sipco, and R. G. Schrecknise. 1979., Northwest Sci. 54:244-252. Download article download full text (pdf)
American Coot kills Yellow-headed Blackbird nestlings
American Coot (Fulica americana) Science Article 6 abstract I know of only one witnessed predation event by an American Coot (Fulica americana) on a vertebrate-a nestling Redwinged Blackbirds. PETER L. HURD, Wilson Bull., 104(3), 1992, pp. 552-553 Download article download full text (pdf)
Trends in numbers of the Coot (Fulica atra)in the Czech Republic in 1988-2000
Coot (Fulica atra) Science Article 2 abstract Common Coot Fulica atra is one of thecommonest waterbird species in the CzechRepublic. The total size of the breedingpopulation was estimated between 1985and 1989 as 30 000 to 60 000 bp (breedingpairs) (Stastn