American Coot kills Yellow-headed Blackbird nestlings

Gruiformes, Rallidae

American Coot (Fulica americana) Science Article 6

abstract

I know of only one witnessed predation event by an American Coot (Fulica americana) on a vertebrate-a nestling Redwinged Blackbirds.

PETER L. HURD, Wilson Bull., 104(3), 1992, pp. 552-553

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Updated: December 26, 2011 — 12:22 am

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