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Fulica atra · Family Rallidae
Fulica atra
Family Rallidae
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Family
- Rallidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 5,959,536
- Countries and territories with records
- 132
About this species
This species has 5,959,536 occurrence records from 132 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the Netherlands (18.4%), Australia (12.1%), the United Kingdom (11.1%), Sweden (10.1%) and Denmark (7.5%); together they account for 59.2% of the total. In the Netherlands, this species accounts for 1.7% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Fulica atra combines the genus name Fulica with the species epithet atra. The Warbla app catalog lists 10 species of the genus Fulica; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Fulica americana, Fulica cristata and Fulica armillata.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 122 species of the family Rallidae. This species ranks 3rd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Fulica americana. Its record count is 24.5 times the family average (243,573). The family Rallidae belongs to the order Gruiformes, which has 150 species in the Warbla app catalog.