{"id":24581,"date":"2012-10-30T15:27:17","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T14:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/waders\/crested-coot-fulica-cristata\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T08:50:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T07:50:52","slug":"crested-coot-fulica-cristata","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/waders\/crested-coot-fulica-cristata\/","title":{"rendered":"Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Red-knobbed Coot or Crested Coot, (Fulica cristata), is a member of the rail and crake bird family, the Rallidae. It is a resident breeder across much of Africa and in southernmost Spain on freshwater lakes and ponds. It builds a nest of dead reeds near the water&#8217;s edge or afloat, laying up to 8 eggs.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-140-24581\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-8457\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/crested-coot-fulica-cristata\/crested_coot_1.jpg\" title=\"Crested Coot (Fulica cristata) \" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Crested Coot (Fulica cristata) \" alt=\"Crested Coot (Fulica cristata)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/crested-coot-fulica-cristata\/thumbs\/thumbs_crested_coot_1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Crested Coot (Fulica cristata)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-8456\" 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