Back to feet: Smaller birds with shorter legs, particularly species favoring trees, hop on land. Birds with longer legs are more likely to walk. Some, like American robins, do both, depending on need.

That bird is the American Coot. The American Coot (Fulica americana) ... Both sexes are similar in appearance, with body lengths of about 15 inches and a wingspan of just over two feet.

The American coot (Fulica Americana) from the Rallidae family is a slate- colored, stocky, short-necked, ducklike bird with blackish head and neck, henlike white bill and a separated white patch un… ...

Let’s take a closer look at the American coot and find out when and where they can be found closer to home and what make them “not a duck”, amongst other things.

American coots are members of the Rallidae bird family, which includes king and clapper rails that are common, albeit secretive, birds of coastal marshes. The family kinship isn’t apparent ...

The peculiar American coot is a somewhat common permanent resident in Oklahoma, and is this week’s featured creature. The bird is in the rallidae family. However, whereas most birds in that ...