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 Table Mountain National Park
Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
Buff-spotted Flufftail
Sarothrura elegans
Western Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrio
Striped Flufftail
Sarothrura affinis
Black Crake
Amaurornis flavirostra
American Purple Gallinule
Porphyrio martinica
Baillon's Crake
Porzana pusilla
Blue Crane
Anthropoides paradiseus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ 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
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Red-knobbed Coot in Table Mountain National Park?
About 9% of visitor-days record a Red-knobbed Coot sighting in Table Mountain National Park, based on 464 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Red-knobbed Coot in Table Mountain National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Red-knobbed Coot in Table Mountain National Park in our monthly data.