Red-knobbed Coot
Fulica cristata
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderGruiformes (Cranes, Rails, and Allies)
- FamilyRallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Coots)
- GenusFulica (Coots)
- SpeciesFulica cristata (Red-knobbed Coot)
Closest Relatives at Ruaha National Park
African Crake
Crex egregia
Lesser Moorhen
Gallinula angulata
Black Crake
Amaurornis flavirostra
Corn Crake
Crex crex
Allen's Gallinule
Porphyrio alleni
Western Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrio
African Rail
Rallus caerulescens
Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
Grey Crowned Crane
Balearica regulorum
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Red-knobbed Coot at Ruaha National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there