Common Coot

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q25376
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Summary

Common Coot is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.56% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,485 views/month, #1,100 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Fulica[5]
  • Taxon name: Fulica atra[6]
  • Commons category: Fulica atra[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Fulica atra[8]
  • Commons gallery: Fulica atra[9]
  • Described by source: Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[10]
  • Has characteristic: oviparity[11]
  • Short name: F. atra[12]
  • Taxon common name: cwtiar[13], Eurasian Coot[14], Blässhuhn[15], Focha común[16], fotja comuna[17], lyska černá[18], lauk[19], Sothøne[20], Лысуха[21], オオバン[22], Blishøne[23], nokikana[24], szárcsa[25], łyska (zwyczajna)[26]
  • Wingspan: 75[27]
  • Mass: 36.5[28], 835[29]

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Identifiers

Common Coot's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9121[30]. Common Coot's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45509131[31]. Common Coot's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2474377[32]. Common Coot's ITIS TSN is recorded as 176290[33].

Why It Matters

Common Coot has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Mullanur · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of life id → 45509131
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Encyclopedia of life id: 45509131"
  2. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C3303
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: C3303, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  3. 10w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Salzburgwiki id → 38120
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Salzburgwiki id: 38120, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/102088345|Blässhuhn (#102088345)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3987|Salzburgwiki – Taxons]] "
  4. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon range → Hefei, Nanling Mountains, Africa
    Taxon rank → species
    P14541 → 3gpioK
    Instance of → —
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
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