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Red-knobbed Coot

Fulica cristata   Bleshoender
Fulicacristata Gmelin, 1789, Syst. Nat., 1(2):704; Madagascar. cristata (L) = crested, referring to knobs on top of shield.
References

CONCISE REFERENCES: 1. Avery et al. 1985 2. Blaker 1967 3. Britton 1970 4. Clark 1969 5. Cramp & Simmons 1980 6. Dean WRJ (unpubl data) 7. Dean 1971 8. Dean 1980 9. Dean & Skead 1979 10. Durban Natural Science Museum (unpubl data) 11. Fairall 1981 12. Hawthorne & Hawthorne 2000 13. Hockey et al. 1989 14. Irwin 1981 15. Jamieson et al. 2000 16. Little 1968 17. Maciver 1998 18. Maclean 1993 19. McLachlan& Liversidge 1978 20. Milstein 1975 21. NERCS (unpubl data) 22. Northern Flagship Institution (unpubl data) 23. Oatley 1983 24. Parker 1999 25. SAFRING (unpubl data) 26. Skead 1995 27. Skead 1981 28. Skead & Dean 1977 29. Skinner 1997 30. Stewart & Bally 1985 31. Steyn 1995 32. Tarboton 2001 33. Tarboton& Allan 1984 34. Tarboton et al. 1987 35. Taylor 1997 36. Taylor & Van Perlo 1998 37. Theiler 1959 38. Tree 1972 39. Underhill et al. 1999 40. Urban et al. 1986 41. Uys 1980 42. Van Eeden 1990 43. Van Eeden & Schoonbee 1992 44. Van Heerden 1972 45. Van Heerden 1974 46. Van Someren 1956 47. Webb 1984 48. Winterbottom 1966 49. Wood 1975 50. Woolley 1963.

COMPLETE REFERENCES: 1. Avery G, Robertson AS, Palmer NG, Prins AJ 1985 Prey of Giant Eagle Owls in the De Hoop Nature Reserve, Cape Province, and some observations on hunting strategy. Ostrich 56:117-122 2. Blaker D 1967 An outbreak of botulinus poisoning among waterbirds. Ostrich 38:144-147 3. Britton PL 1970 Some non-passerine bird weights from East Africa. Bull. Br. Ornithol. Club 90:142-144, 152-154 4. Clark A 1969 The behaviour of the White-backed Duck. Wildfowl 20:71-74 5. Cramp S, Simmons KEL 1980 The Birds of the Western Palaearctic. Vol. 2. Oxford University Press, Oxford 7. Dean WRJ 1971 Breeding data for the birds of Natal and Zululand. Durban Mus. Novit. 9:59-91 8. Dean WRJ 1980 Brood division by Redknobbed Coot. Ostrich 51:125-126 9. Dean WRJ, Skead DM 1979 Moult and mass of the Redknobbed Coot. Ostrich 50:199-202 11. Fairall N 1981 A study of the bioenergetics of the red-knobbed coot Fulica cristata on a South African estuarine lake. S. Afr. J. Wildl. Res. 11:1-4 12. Hawthorne M, Hawthorne B 2000 Whiskered Terns nesting near Kimberley. Promerops 242:21 13. Hockey PAR, Underhill LG, Neatherway M, Ryan PG 1989 Atlas of the Birds of the south-western Cape. Cape Bird Club, Cape Town 14. Irwin MPS 1981 The Birds of Zimbabwe. Quest Publishing, Salisbury 15. Jamieson IG, McRae SB, Simmons RE, Trewby M 2000 High rates of conspecific brood parasitism and egg rejection in a species of coot and moorhen breeding in an ephemeral wetland in Namibia. Auk 117:250-255 16. Little J de V 1968 An occurrence of partial albinism in a Red-knobbed Coot (R.212). WBC News 62:3 17. Maciver M 1998 Fish Eagle drama at Rietvlei. Promerops 232:10-11 18. Maclean GL 1993 Roberts' Birds of Southern Africa, 6th ed. John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, Cape Town 19. McLachlan GR, Liversidge R 1978 Roberts' Birds of South Africa, 4th ed. John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, Cape Town 20. Milstein P le S 1975 The biology of Barberspan, with special reference to the avifauna. Ostrich Suppl. 10:1-74 23. Oatley TB 1983 Predator records from ring recoveries. Safring News 12:33-34 24. Parker V 1999 The Atlas of the Birds of Sul do Save, Southern Mozambique. Avian Demography Unit & Endangered Wildlife Trust, Cape Town & Johannesburg 26. Skead CJ 1995 Life-History Notes on East Cape Bird Species, 1940-1990. Vol. 1. Algoa Regional Services Council, Port Elizabeth 27. Skead DM 1981 Recovery distribution of Redknobbed Coots ringed at Barberspan. Ostrich 52:126-128 28. Skead DM, Dean WRJ 1977 Status of the Barberspan avifauna, 1971-1975. Ostrich Suppl. 12:3-42 29. Skinner NJ 1997 The breeding seasons of birds in Botswana 3: non-passerine families (Ostrich to Skimmer). Babbler (Botswana) 32:10-23 30. Stewart BA, Bally R 1985 The ecological role of the Red-knobbed Coot Fulicia cristata Gmelin at the Bot River Estuary, South Africa: A preliminary investigation. Trans. R. Soc. S. Afr. 45:419-426 31. Steyn P 1995 Red-knobbed Coots eating dung. Promerops 221:15 32. Tarboton W 2001 A Guide to the Nests and Eggs of Southern African Birds. Struik, Cape Town 33. Tarboton WR, Allan DG 1984 The status and conservation of birds of prey in the Transvaal. Transvaal Mus. Monogr. 3:1-115 34. Tarboton WR, Kemp MI, Kemp AC 1987 Birds of the Transvaal. Transvaal Museum, Pretoria 35. Taylor PB 1997 Redknobbed Coot. In: Harrison JA et al. (eds). The Atlas of Southern African Birds. Vol. 1:342-343. BirdLife South Africa, Johannesburg 36. Taylor PB, Van Perlo B 1998 Rails: a Guide to the Rails, Crakes, Gallinules and Coots of the World. Pica Press, Mountfield, Sussex, UK 37. Theiler G 1959 African ticks and birds. Ostrich Suppl. 3:353-378 38. Tree AJ 1972 Further records of albinism and lutinism in the Eastern Cape. Ostrich 43:184 39. Underhill LG, Tree AJ, Oschadleus HD, Parker V 1999 Review of Ring Recoveries of Waterbirds in Southern Africa. Avian Demography Unit, University of Cape Town 40. Urban EK, Fry CH, Keith S 1986 The Birds of Africa. Vol. 2. Academic Press, London 41. Uys CJ 1980 Behaviour - Fish Eagle takes Coot on the wing. Promerops 145:8 42. Van Eeden PH 1990 Die voorkoms en akkumulering van geselekteerde swaarmetale in die rioolbesoedelde, organiesverrykte Elsburgspruit-Natalspruit vlei-ekosisteem. MSc Thesis, Univ. Potchefstroom 43. Van Eeden PH, Schoonbee HJ 1992 Concentrations of heavy metals in organs and tissues of the Redknobbed Coot. Ostrich 63:165-171 44. Van Heerden J 1972 Observations on a Coot. Bokmakierie 24:88-89 45. Van Heerden J 1974 Botulism in the Orange Free State goldfields. Ostrich 45:182-184 46. Van Someren VGL 1956 Days with birds - studies of habits of some East African species. Fieldiana Zool. 38:1-520 47. Webb D 1984 Pied Coot. Honeyguide 30:34 48. Winterbottom JM 1966 Some notes on the Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata Gmelin in South Africa. Ostrich 37:92-94 49. Wood NA 1975 Habitat preference and behaviour of Crested Coots in winter. Br. Birds 68:116-118 50. Woolley CHF 1963 The occasions with Haliaetus vocifer. Bokmakierie 15:4.

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