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Red-knobbed Coot
Fulica cristata · Family Rallidae
Fulica cristata
Family Rallidae
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Family
- Rallidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 282,276
- Countries and territories with records
- 73
About this species
This species has 282,276 occurrence records from 73 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (83.7%), Spain (6.3%), Kenya (2.3%) and Namibia (1.5%); together they account for 93.9% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.59% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Fulica cristata combines the genus name Fulica with the species epithet cristata. 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 atra and Fulica armillata.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 122 species of the family Rallidae. This species ranks 16th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Fulica americana. Its record count is 1.2 times the family average (243,573). The family Rallidae belongs to the order Gruiformes, which has 150 species in the Warbla app catalog.