Description

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Taxonomy

kingdom: Animals (Animalia) 9953 observations
phylum: Chordates (Chordata) 4359 observations
class: Birds (Aves) 3238 observations
order: Cranes, Rails, And Allies (Gruiformes) 34 observations
family: Rails, Gallinules, And Coots (Rallidae) 34 observations
genus: Coots (Fulica) 34 observations
species: American Coot (Fulica americana) 34 observations

Species Interactions

The species with links are species that have observations.

Eats

Pondweed (Potamogeton)
Common Duckweed (Lemna minor)
Knotweeds, Smartweeds, And Waterpeppers (Persicaria)
Gastropods (Gastropoda)
True Sedges (Carex)
Coontail (Ceratophyllum demersum)
Insects (Insecta)
Duckweeds (Lemna)
Chlorophycean Green Algae (Chlorophyceae)
Milfoils (Myriophyllum)
Dodders (Cuscuta)
Bedstraws (Galium)
Dicots (Magnoliopsida)
Shining Pondweed (Potamogeton illinoensis)
Broadleaf Cattail (Typha latifolia)
Primrose-willows (Ludwigia)
(Cladophora)
Flies (Diptera)
True Bugs (Heteroptera)
Bladder Snails (Physidae)
Butterflies And Moths (Lepidoptera)
Caddisflies (Trichoptera)
Beetles (Coleoptera)
Damselflies (Zygoptera)
Plants (Plantae)
Buttercups (Ranunculus)
Pondweed Family (Potamogetonaceae)
Animals (Animalia)
Vascular Plants (Tracheophyta)
Water Boatmen (Corixidae)
Knotweeds (Polygonum)
Hornworts (Ceratophyllum)
Bivalves (Bivalvia)
Giant Mayflies (Hexagenia)
Dragonflies And Damselflies (Odonata)
Arrowheads (Sagittaria)
Pickleweeds (Salicornia)
Molluscs (Mollusca)
Arthropods (Arthropoda)
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
Nematodes (Nematoda)
Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
Speckled Duns (Callibaetis)
(Belostoma)
(Hyalella)
(Physa)
California Newt (Taricha torosa)
Water Striders (Gerridae)
(Tropisternus)
Western Toad (Anaxyrus boreas)
Shore Flies (Ephydridae)
Saddlebag Gliders (Tramea)
Oaks (Quercus)
Common Sunfishes (Lepomis)
American Coot (Fulica americana)
Brown Algae (Phaeophyceae)
Northern Hemisphere Crayfishes (Astacoidea)
Grasses (Poaceae)
(Bolboschoenus fluviatilis)
(Bidens cernua)
(Acorus calamus)
(Scirpus)
(Claviceps purpurea)
(Sparganium eurycarpum)
Maidencane (Panicum hemitomon)
(Nitella furcata)
(Hydrilla)
(Eichhornia crassipes)
Stonewort (Nitella)
(Eleocharis acicularis)
(Hirudinida)
Branchiopods (Branchiopoda)
(Chara)
(Musculium transversum)
(Somatogyrus)
(Pleurocera)
Campelomas (Campeloma)
(Non-biological)
(Sphaerium striatinum)
(Morella cerifera)
(Chara hornemannii)
Widgeongrass (Ruppia maritima)
(Sesuvium maritimum)
(Leptochloa panicea)
(Eleocharis parvula)
(Hesperocorixa)
(Halipegus)
Biting Midges (Ceratopogonidae)
(Cephalogonimus americanus)
(Tubificidae)
(Zooplankton)
(Simocephalus)
Milky Backswimmers (Notonecta)
Giant Water Scavenger Beetles (Hydrophilus)
(Opalina)
(Megalodiscus)
Water Mites (Arrenurus)
(Lethocerus americanus)
(Erpobdella)
California Clam Shrimp (Cyzicus californicus)

Preys on

(Hyalella)
California Newt (Taricha torosa)
Plants (Plantae)
Water Striders (Gerridae)
(Physa)
Speckled Duns (Callibaetis)
(Belostoma)
Western Toad (Anaxyrus boreas)
(Tropisternus)
Shore Flies (Ephydridae)
Saddlebag Gliders (Tramea)
Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
Alkali Heath (Frankenia salina)
Saltgrass (Distichlis spicata)
Marsh Jaumea (Jaumea carnosa)
Common Sunfishes (Lepomis)
(Acanthoparyphium)
(Sumergent vascular)
(Parorchis acanthus)
(Emergent vascular plants)
(Macroalgae)
(Microphallidae)
(Anisogammarus confervicolus)
Bent-nosed Clam (Macoma nasuta)
(Cloacitrema michiganense)
(Haliplus)
Biting Midges (Ceratopogonidae)
(Macrocyclops)
(Erpobdella)
California Red-legged Frog (Rana draytonii)
(Letherocerus americanus)
(meiofauna)
Northern Bluets (Coenagrion)
(Diaptomidae)
(Pseudiacris regilla)
Giant Water Scavenger Beetles (Hydrophilus)
(Hesperocorixa)
(Simocephalus)
(Lestes)
Milky Backswimmers (Notonecta)
California Clam Shrimp (Cyzicus californicus)
(Chaetogaster)
(benthic microalgae/periphyton)
(Zooplankton)
(Dero)
(Helisoma)
(Tubificidae)
(Salicornia europaea)
(Limonium californicum)
Salt Marsh Bird's Beak (Chloropyron maritimum)
Purple Clam (Nuttallia nuttallii)
(Macoma secta)
(Monanthocloe littoralis)
(Gammaridea)
(green gammaridean)

Eaten by

Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Coyote (Canis latrans)
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
American Coot (Fulica americana)
North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis)
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
(Python molurus bivittatus)
(Echinostoma trivolvis)
(Echinostoma)
(Ribeiroia ondatrae)
(Corynosoma constrictum)
Harris's Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)
(Aquila chrysaetos)

Preyed upon by

Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Coyote (Canis latrans)
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis)
Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)
Western Encephalitis Mosquito (Culex tarsalis)
Black Saltmarsh Mosquito (Aedes taeniorhynchus)

Species interaction data comes from GloBI.

More Information

iNaturalist taxa

Los Angeles Bioblitz Challenge

species: American Coot (Fulica americana)

34 Observations