Hawaiian Coot (Fulica alai)

Species Account

Ordered chronologically (not necessarily by HRBP number)

HRBP 0986. Hawaiian Coot (Fulica alai). Tern Island, French Frigate Shoal, 1 Jun 1983. © Scott Johnston
HRBP 0297. Hawaiian Coot (Fulica alai). Laysan Island, 24 Jul 1983. © Stewart Fefer
HRBP 0298. Hawaiian Coot (Fulica alai). Laysan Island, 24 Jul 1983. © Stewart Fefer
HRBP 0299. Hawaiian Coots (Fulica alai), including white (left) and red (right) shield morphs. Laysan Island, 24 Jul 1983. © Stewart Fefer
HRBP 0300. Hawaiian Coots (Fulica alai), including white (left) and red (right) shield morphs. Laysan Island, 24 Jul 1983. © Stewart Fefer
HRBP 1403. Hawaiian Coot (Fulica alai). Green Island, Kure Atoll, 26 Sep 1983. © Peter Pyle
HRBP 0357. Hawaiian Coot (Fulica alai). Green Island, Kure Atoll, 27 Sep 1983. © Peter Pyle
HRBP 0334. Hawaiian Coots (Fulica alai), including white (rear) and red (front) shield morphs. Aimakapa Pond, Hawai'i Island, 5 Nov 1983. © Reginald David
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
HRBP 0877. Hawaiian Coot (Fulica alai). Tern Island, French Frigate Shoal, 11 Aug 1988. © Ken Neithammer
HRBP 0824. Hawaiian Coot (Fulica alai). Laysan Island, 1 Sep 1988. © Jeff Marks
HRBP 0825. Hawaiian Coot (Fulica alai), rear, with Laysan Duck. Laysan Island, 1 Sep 1988. © Jeff Marks
HRBP 0826. Hawaiian Coot (Fulica alai). Laysan Island, 1 Sep 1988. © Jeff Marks
HRBP 0823. Hawaiian Coot (Fulica alai). Laysan Island, 11 Nov 1988. © Paul Hendricks
HRBP 0921. Hawaiian Coot (Fulica alai), rear, with Laysan Ducks. Laysan Island, 25 Aug 1990. © Jeff Marks
HRBP 0922. Hawaiian Coots (Fulica alai). Laysan Island, 25 Aug 1990. © Jeff Marks
HRBP 0923. Hawaiian Coots (Fulica alai). Laysan Island, 25 Aug 1990. © Jeff Marks
HRBP 5551. Hawaiian Coot (Fulica alai). Laysan Island, 15 Sep 2006. © Sarah Leucke Flaherty
HRBP 5314. Hawaiian Coot (Fulica alai). Laysan Island, 15 Sep 2006. © Crystal Belchaver
HRBP 5315. Hawaiian Coot (Fulica alai). Laysan Island, 15 Sep 2006. © Crystal Belchaver
HRBP 5821.Hawaiian Coot (Fulica alai), left, with Eared Grebe. Kealia Pond, Maui, 6 Oct 2009. © Michael Walther
     
HRBP 5708. Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis)), left, with Hawaiian Coot and Canada Goose. Ki'i Unit of JCNWR, O'ahu, 17 Nov 2009. © Mike Lohr
     
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.