Fulica americana


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Noun1.Fulica americana - a coot found in North AmericaFulica americana - a coot found in North America  
coot - slate-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks
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mutabile parasita con frecuencia al ave gruiforme "gallareta americana" (Fulica americana Gmelin, 1789), y ha sido registrada en diversas localidades de Canada y Estados Unidos (McLaughlin 1976).
It has been reported that the coracoid minor artery alone stemmed from the axillary artery in the order Coliiformes (Glenny, 1944) as well as in the Fulica americana (American coot) (Glenny, 1947), whereas the coracoid minor artery, together with the coracoid major artery, stemmed from the axillary artery in the Anthropoides paradisea (blue crane) (Fisher, 1955).
El objetivo del presente trabajo fue evaluar el estado de salud del ave acuatica Fulica americana, de un humedal urbano y otro rural de la Cuenca de Mexico, analizando el nivel de LPO, los danos tisulares en higado e indices somaticos (MCE, IHS e IGS), durante un ciclo anual, considerando las variaciones de los factores fisicoquimicos del agua de ambos humedales, para identificar el efecto de las condiciones ambientales de los humedales sobre la salud de F.
-- -- -- -- -- -- AVES Perdix perdix -- -- -- 4.3 3.2 10.8 Falco sparverius -- -- -- 4.3 3.2 4.3 Fulica americana -- -- -- -- -- -- Colaptes auratus -- -- -- 4.3 3.2 4.7 Picoides villosus -- -- -- 4.3 3.2 2.5 Sialia mexicana -- -- -- -- -- -- Unidentified large birds -- -- -- -- -- -- Unid.
Here I report an observation of swimming night-herons successfully kleptoparasitizing American coots (Fulica americana).
Mallophagan vectors and the avian filarioids: new subspecies of Pelecitus fulicaeatrae (Nematoda: Filarioidea) in sympatric North American hosts, with development, epizootiology, and pathogenesis of the parasite in Fulica americana (Aves).
Fulica americana is the only valid species of this genus known from the Pleistocene of the continental United States.
En contraste, dos de las especies mas abundantes (Oxyura jamaicensis 12.5 % del total y Fulica americana 8.8 %), restringieron su presencia al espejo de agua.
American coots (Fulica americana) wage covert egg wars among themselves, sneaking into a neighboring nest to deposit an egg for the other family to raise, explains Bruce E.
Laughing gulls (Larus atricill, n=82) and American coots (Fulica americana, n=62) were the most commonly encountered birds.
Officials also observed aberrant neurologic signs in the wintering population of American coots (Fulica americana) at the lake.
American Coot (Fulica americana).--Butler (1898) deemed F.