Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Aves > Order: Gruiformes > Family: Rallidae > Genus: Fulica > Species: Fulica cristata

Crested Coot - Fulica cristata Gmelin, 1789

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Endangered (IUCN)
EU Population status	Threatened
Protected by	EU Birds Directive and 3 other international agreements
Natura 2000 sites	47 are designated for this species
Breeding habitats	rivers and lakes wetlands
Natura 2000 species code	A126

Distribution

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Threat and EU population status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Endangered

EU population status

The status of the population at the EU level was evaluated at the species level; this was based on the reports delivered by Member States under Article 12 of the Birds Directive (see fact sheet below). The EU status assessment can cover several subspecies/subspecific population units. For more information, please consult the species fact sheet and link below.

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

Sources:

Population status categories for bird species under the Birds Directive

Secure

Near Threatened, declining or depleted

Threatened (i.e. vulnerable, endangered, critically endangered, regionally extinct)

Unknown or not evaluated

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
ES0000020	Spain	Delta de l'Ebre	Map
ES0000024	Spain	Doñana	Map
ES0000025	Spain	Marismas del Odiel	Map
ES0000026	Spain	Complejo Endorreico de Espera	Map
ES0000027	Spain	Laguna de Medina	Map
ES0000028	Spain	Complejo Endorreico de Chiclana	Map
ES0000029	Spain	Complejo Endorreico del Puerto de Santa María	Map
ES0000030	Spain	Complejo Endorreico de Puerto Real	Map
ES0000034	Spain	Lagunas del Sur de Córdoba	Map
ES0000048	Spain	Punta Entinas-Sabinar	Map
ES0000058	Spain	el Fondo d'Elx-Crevillent	Map
ES0000146	Spain	Delta del Llobregat	Map
ES0000211	Spain	Desembocadura del riu Millars	Map
ES0000272	Spain	Brazo del Este	Map
ES0000273	Spain	Embalse de Cordobilla	Map
ES0000274	Spain	Embalse de Malpasillo	Map
ES0000275	Spain	Complejo Endorreico de Lebrija-Las Cabezas	Map
ES0000398	Spain	Llanos y Complejo Lagunar de la Albuera	Map
ES6110001	Spain	Albufera de Adra	Map
ES6120014	Spain	Laguna de Las Canteras y El Tejón	Map
ES6150003	Spain	Estero de Domingo Rubio	Map
ES6170001	Spain	Laguna de La Ratosa	Map
ES6170015	Spain	Lagunas de Campillos	Map
ES6180001	Spain	Complejo Endorreico de Utrera	Map
ES6180002	Spain	Complejo Endorreico de La Lantejuela	Map
ES6160001	Spain	Laguna Honda	Map
ES6150013	Spain	Dunas del Odiel	Map
ES6150001	Spain	Laguna de El Portil	Map
PTCON0034	Portugal	Comporta / Galé	Map
ES6120011	Spain	Laguna de Los Tollos	Map
ES6150017	Spain	Marisma de Las Carboneras	Map
ES6150021	Spain	Corredor Ecológico del Río Tinto	Map
ES6130015	Spain	Río Guadalquivir -Tramo Medio	Map
ES6150009	Spain	Doñana Norte y Oeste	Map
ES6150019	Spain	Bajo Guadalquivir	Map
ES6160004	Spain	Laguna Grande	Map
ES6150004	Spain	Lagunas de Palos y Las Madres	Map
ES0000451	Spain	Montdúver-Marjal de la Safor	Map
ES0000450	Spain	Marjal i Estanys d'Almenara	Map
ES0000470	Spain	Marjal dels Moros (ZEPA)	Map
ES0000471	Spain	l'Albufera (ZEPA)	Map
ES0000467	Spain	Prat de Cabanes i Torreblanca (ZEPA)	Map
ES6180017	Spain	Campiñas de Sevilla	Map
ES0000462	Spain	Clot de Galvany	Map
ES0000484	Spain	el Fondo d'Elx-Crevillent (ZEPA)	Map
ES0000487	Spain	Marjal de Pego-Oliva (ZEPA)	Map
ES0000486	Spain	Salines de Santa Pola (ZEPA)	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 30 November 2009, on the conservation of wild birds (EU Birds Directive)	Annex I: Species that shall be the subject of special conservation measures concerning their habitat in order to ensure their survival and reproduction in their area of distribution. Member States shall classify territories as special protection areas for the conservation of these species.	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex II: strictly protected fauna species	http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
	Revised Annex I of Resolution 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention listing the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures (year of revision 2011)	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention lists the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming for the Emerald network]
Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds. Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals. (AEWA)	Annex II: Waterbird species to which the Agreement applies	http://www.migratoryspecies....ent/about-cms-family http://www.unep-aewa.org/en/legalinstrument/aewa

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Bütykös szárcsa	Hungarian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Crested Coot	English	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Focha cornuda	Spanish	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Focha Moruna	Spanish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Folaga cornuta	Italian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Foulque à crête	French	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Foulque caronculée	French	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Galeirão-de-crista	Portuguese	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Kamblishøne	Danish	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Kammbläßhuhn	German	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Kamsothöna	Swedish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Knobbelmeerkoet	Dutch	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Syylänokikana	Finnish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.

No synonyms available.

Other resources

Bird action plan
CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EBCC Atlas of breeding birds	European Bird Census Council's Atlas of Breeding Birds
EURing code:04310	European bird-ringing
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

External data

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