| Fulica atra
Lakes, ponds, marshes, rivers, bays. From Iceland, British Isles and s Scandinavia e across c Russia and c Siberia to Sakhalin, and Japan from Hokkaido to n Honshu, s to Azores, s to Spanish Sahara, c Algeria, n Tunisia, c Libya and c Egypt, Near and Middle East, Arabia, India to 2500 m in the Himalayas; Sri Lanka; Burma, n China and Korea. Mts. 1800-3650 m of w,c New Guinea in the Vogelkop, Snow Mts., c highlands; Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand. |
| Fulica americana
Lakes, ponds, marshes, rivers, bays. From ec Alaska, s Yukon, s Mackenzie, nw,c Saskatchewan, c Manitoba, w,s Ontario, sw Quebec, s New Brunswick, Prince Edward I. and Nova Scotia s to Nicaragua and nw Costa Rica; Cuba incl. Isle of Pines; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Virgin Is. on St. John; Bahamas; E Andes, 2500-3100 m in c Colombia and c Andes, and n Ecuador, at least formerly. |
| Fulica cristata
Lakes, large rivers. Old World in three areas: S Spain, n Morocco and, formerly, n Algeria. Angola, se,e Zaire, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe to s S. Africa. Lowlands to 1800 m of Madagascar. Sympatric with atra in Spain and nw Africa. |
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| Rallidae | 15
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