Eurasian Coot


Eurasian Coot in farmland near the cutting at Waratah Bay

COMMON NAME: Eurasian Coot

CATEGORIES: Farmland

These slate grey waterbirds have a distinctive white bill and bill shield.

You are most likely to see them in surrounding farmland when it’s inundated.

They will be on the water, dabbling for grass or picking insects off the surface.

*These Local Notes are provided by
Leanne Cusack & Diane Carpenter


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GALLERY photos taken in and around Sandy Point & Shallow Inlet.

*Photographed by Leanne Cusack (unless otherwise credited)


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