Fulica armillata
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The red-gartered coot (Fulica armillata) is a species of bird in subfamily Rallinae of family Rallidae, the rails, gallinules, and coots. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. The red-gartered coot is monotypic.
The red-gartered coot is 43 to 51 cm (17 to 20 in) long. The sexes are alike. Adults have a yellow bill and frontal shield with a patch of red between them. (The bill is sometimes reddish.) Their legs are orange-yellow to yellow with a pale red "garter" above the ankle. Their plumage is slaty gray that is blacker on the head and neck. Their undertail coverts are white. Immature birds have a paler bill than adults and olive legs and feet. Juveniles are drab gray-brown with dusky mottling on a white head and neck.
The red-gartered coot is found from central and southern Chile, Paraguay, and southeastern Brazil south through Argentina to Tierra del Fuego. It has reached the Falkland Islands as a vagrant, and sight records in Bolivia lead the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society to classify it as hypothetical in that country. Fossils... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Torres del Paine National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 2 | Nahuel Huapi National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Montevideo | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | |
| 3 | Cordoba | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Santiago | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zoológico de Concepción | 🇨🇱 Chile |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-gartered Coot sighting in Tijuca National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 88th most-seen of the 214 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red-gartered Coot in Tijuca National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June to March, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-gartered Coot sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Red-gartered Coot sightings, Tijuca National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Torres del Paine National Park (Chile, about 50%) and Nahuel Huapi National Park (Argentina, about 20%).
Same family: Rallidae
The closest relatives of the Red-gartered Coot that you can see in Tijuca National Park (family Rallidae, Rails, Gallinules, and Coots) are Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail (about 20%) and Common Moorhen (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-gartered Coot is recorded against all the birds logged in Tijuca National Park (7 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
