American Coot (Fulica americana) - Hypothetical

Species Account

Ordered chronologically (not necessarily by HRBP number)
HRBP 5887. Possible American Coot (Fulica americana). BPBM 4545 collected Ka'alualu, Hawai'i Island, 4 Nov 1919. Photo © Lydia Garentano/BPBM
HRBP 5888. Possible American Coot (Fulica americana). BPBM 4545 collected Ka'alualu, Hawai'i Island, 4 Nov 1919. Photo © Lydia Garentano/BPBM
HRBP 0502. Coot initially identified as an American Coot (Fulica americana) but specimen proved to be a Hawaiian Coot (Fulica alai). BPBM 162170 collected Ki'i Unit of JCNWR, O'ahu, 1 Nov 1986. © B.P. Bishop Museum
HRBP 0503. Coot initially identified as an American Coot (Fulica americana) but specimen proved to be a Hawaiian Coot (Fulica alai). BPBM 162170 collected Ki'i Unit of JCNWR, O'ahu, 1 Nov 1986. © B.P. Bishop Museum
   
HRBP 0504. Coot initially identified as an American Coot (Fulica americana) but specimen proved to be a Hawaiian Coot (Fulica alai). BPBM 162170 collected Ki'i Unit of JCNWR, O'ahu, 1 Nov 1986. © B.P. Bishop Museum
HRBP 0505. Coot initially identified as an American Coot (Fulica americana) but specimen proved to be a Hawaiian Coot (Fulica alai). BPBM 162170 collected Ki'i Unit of JCNWR, O'ahu, 1 Nov 1986. © B.P. Bishop Museum
    
Photographs and images contributed to Hawaii Rare Bird Photograph (HRBP) file, B. P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu and part of The Birds of the Hawaiian Islands: Occurrence, History, Distribution, and Status by Robert L. Pyle and Peter Pyle. See Introduction for more information.