Editing Coot (section)

{{Short description|Genus of birds}}
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{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range      = [[Early Pliocene]] to present
| image             = Fulica atra southampton.JPG
| image_caption     = [[Eurasian coot]] (''Fulica atra'')
| taxon             = Fulica
| authority         = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]
| type_species = ''Fulica atra'' ([[Eurasian coot]])
| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision       = 
* ''[[Hawaiian coot|Fulica alai]]''
* ''[[American coot|Fulica americana]]''
* ''[[Andean coot|Fulica ardesiaca]]''
* ''[[Red-gartered coot|Fulica armillata]]''
* ''[[Eurasian coot|Fulica atra]]''
* ''[[Horned coot|Fulica cornuta]]''
* ''[[Red-knobbed coot|Fulica cristata]]''
* ''[[Giant coot|Fulica gigantea]]''
* ''[[White-winged coot|Fulica leucoptera]]''
* ''[[Red-fronted coot|Fulica rufifrons]]''
''For extinct and prehistoric species, see article text''
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'''Coots''' are medium-sized water birds that are members of the rail [[family (biology)|family]], [[Rallidae]]. They constitute the genus '''''Fulica''''', the name being the [[Latin]] term for "coot". Coots have predominantly black [[Feather|plumage]], and—unlike many rails—they are usually easy to see, often swimming in open water.