Birds · New here: first heard 20 Sept.

Stylised portrait of a Eurasian Coot

Eurasian Coot

Fulica atra

First heard here 20 Sept · last heard today at 1:52pm · 1 day in the last year · 1 detections on record

Hear it

A clear recording call, recorded in Australia

Peter Boesman, xeno-canto, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Trimmed to 20 seconds.

Heard here by the park sensor, 83% match

Raw and a bit distant; the bird was somewhere in the park, not next to the microphone.

What to look for

The Eurasian coot, also known as the common coot or Australian coot, is a member of the rail and crake bird family, the Rallidae. It is found in Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and parts of North Africa. It has a slaty-black body, a glossy black head and a white bill with a white frontal shield. The sexes are similar in appearance.

Read more on Wikipedia (Eurasian coot)

Photograph of a Eurasian Coot
Photo: Alexis Lours, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The small portrait at the top is AI-generated and less reliable.

When it has been heard

Detections per day, last 30 days. Heard on 1 of them.
0122 Aug: 0 detections23 Aug: 0 detections24 Aug: 0 detections25 Aug: 0 detections26 Aug: 0 detections27 Aug: 0 detections28 Aug: 0 detections29 Aug: 0 detections30 Aug: 0 detections31 Aug: 0 detections1 Sept: 0 detections2 Sept: 0 detections3 Sept: 0 detections4 Sept: 0 detections5 Sept: 0 detections6 Sept: 0 detections7 Sept: 0 detections8 Sept: 0 detections9 Sept: 0 detections10 Sept: 0 detections11 Sept: 0 detections12 Sept: 0 detections13 Sept: 0 detections14 Sept: 0 detections15 Sept: 0 detections16 Sept: 0 detections17 Sept: 0 detections18 Sept: 0 detections19 Sept: 0 detections20 Sept: 1 detection24 Aug31 Aug7 Sept14 Sept20 Sept

Busiest day so far: Sunday 20 September, 1 detections between 1:52pm and 1:52pm.

DayDetectionsFirstLastPeak confidence
20 Sept11:52pm1:52pm83%

Detections are automatic and can be wrong.