Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Gruiformes > Family Rallidae > Genus Fulica

Fulica americana Gmelin, 1789

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Fulica*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: Amerikaanse meerkoet sources: Avibase - the world bird database

English: American coot sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: American Coot sources: Charles Hussey

French: foulque d'Amérique sources: Avibase - the world bird database

German: Amerikanisches Blesshuhn sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Αμερικανική Φαλαρίδα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Israel (Hebrew): אגמית sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: Amerikinis laukys sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: łyska Amerykańska sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: Aмериканская лысуха; американская лысуха sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: Ameriška liska sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: focha Americana sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: Amerika mekesi sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Американська лиска; Лиска Aмериканська; Лиска американська

Literature

basis of record	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 2002. A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p.
additional source	Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p.
additional source	Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (19 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (902 publications)
Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Fulica americana Gmelin, 1789. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159007

Drs Cees Roselaar. Fulica americana Gmelin, 1789. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96787