Coot Facts: NOT a DUCK | Animal Fact Files

There are currently 10 living coot species and though they're often confused with ducks, these waterfowl are not ducks! Coots are more closely related to cranes than ducks! Learn more coot facts on today's episode of Animal Fact Files!
Scientific Name: Genus - Fulica
Range: all continents except Antarctica
Habitat: rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, marshes, coastlines, etc.
Size: average about 1 pound (0.5kg) in weight; 2 foot (61cm) wingspan
Diet: fish, tadpoles, clams, aquatic vegetation, and more
Threats: Osprey, eagles, skunks, foxes, turtles, and more
Lifespan: 5-10 years on average
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What is a Coot? 0:00
Coot APPEARANCE 0:14
Coot RANGE and HABITAT 0:46
Coot SIZE 1:09
Coot DIET 1:21
Coot CALLS 1:39
Coot LIFE CYCLE 2:04
Coot FLOCK 2:49
Coot THREATS 3:01
Thanks / Outro 3:16
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When visiting California this year, we saw some coots at a nature preserve! Have you ever seen coots in the wild?
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[@carrier2823]

Thats pretty coot

[@rayli689]

Mermaidman: STOP SHOUTING I'M NAPPING!!!
Barnacleboy: IT'S NOT ME YOU OL COOT!!!

[@veronicaweb8083]

As someone who loves both birds and spongebob this is funny and I always laugh when they say "old coot" on spongebob

[@marvalice3455]

And here I thought coots were native to nursing homes and bingo halls...

[@nct948]

not very well known bird, though quite common. Interesting facts, thanks.

[@jadenl629]

i keep on seeing these guys at the park and i always thought they were ducks, awesome vid, thx for sharing!🥰

[@erstwhilegrubstake]

Remember folks coots ≠ ducks.

[@penny_the_wiser413]

Have you done an Osprey video. There's a nest nearby but I don't know a lot about them.

[@AnimalFactFiles]

We have! Here's the link: th-cam.com/video/xsvxVqhOnh8/w-d-xo.html

[@penny_the_wiser413]

@@AnimalFactFiles thanks

[@TROLL_FACE_00]

Finally some Rail Bird.

[@pasanlochana5363]

nice. please do about chaffinches.

[@dmhq-administration]

They sound like mini Canada Geese. LOLZ 🤔😂😁👍🏻🥰🤗🇨🇦💖

[@Mirz-ei6tg]

Theres one Aircraft that had this name
Ilyushin IL-18 "Coot"

[@scrug3708]

I've always loved birds with frontal shields. It looks like they've got a broken helmet that only covers the front of their head.

[@toyfan2812]

Didn't know they even existed

[@eunaekim9216]

I knew the word, but I didn't know what it meant!

[@baddass7719]

same just found a baby in my back yard idk wht to do with it 😂

[@veronicaweb8083]

They are members of the rail crake family Rallidae. Like one of my favourite birds the Dusky Moorhen and also Australasian Swamphen also known as Pukeko. Once I overheard some random person call a dusky moorhen a weird duck and I was like omg noooo thats a moorhen not a duck lol

[@eunaekim9216]

They may look something like ducks, but they aren't a bunch of quacks!

[@thegoose0m1]

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck then it is......a coot!(?)

[@eunaekim9216]

​@@thegoose0m1That's a coot joke - lol!

[@lazeppelini123]

They shake their bully babies! Love those birds
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😵
🐤🌫️
😆😆😆

[@Kouzanidis]

but do they taste like ducks?

[@CosmicRabbitCarma]

Do coots wear coats?

[@eunaekim9216]

Can a 🐁use a 🖱️? Can a duck get stuck in a truck? Do pigs write with a pig pen?

[@CosmicRabbitCarma]

@@eunaekim9216 yes, yes, and yes.

[@kiwi_sodas]

I love coots :)

[@comradeweismann6947]

Comments for the algorithm

[@ScottPlad]

Hey Could you make a video On a British animal Like a Badger
Im brutish by the way.

[@cutecoots]

Coot =)

[@indyreno2933]

Actually, coots are not waterfowl, waterfowl are birds that belong to the order Anseriformes, coots belong to the order Gruiformes.

[@nct948]

I think the term is used in a broader sense in the USA.

[@indyreno2933]

Actually, the word "waterfowl" refers exclusively to the order Anseriformes, just like the word "gamebird" refers only to the order Galliformes, interestingly gamebirds (order Galliformes) and waterfowl (order Anseriformes) are both called fowl, which are birds of the clade Galloanserae.

[@TyinAlaska]

Very tasty