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As with other species dependent upon wetlands, many rallidae species have shown decreases in their populations because of drainage of their marshy habitats. var sc_security="340ce72a";
Members of the Rallidae are found in most wetlands habitats in the United States and Canada. This includes a large area in Canada, much of the United States, the Caribbean, Mexico, and parts of Central and northern South America. A group of coots has many collective nouns, including a "codgery", "commotion", "fleet", "shoal", and "swarm" of coots.
Even though the American Coot swims like a duck, they do not have webbed feet, the toes have lobes on the sides of each segment. A close look at a coot—that small head, those scrawny legs—reveals a different kind of bird entirely. It is often brightly colored and is meant to grab the attention of other birds. Most rail species are short distance migrants to marshes and rice fields of the southern United States and Mexico. Depending on the species, their legs can be short or long but all have long toes (which are lobed in the aquatic coots). Many rail species are active at night and call more often at this time. Toes are lobed, not webbed. American coots are found near water reed-ringed lakes and ponds, open marshes, and sluggish rivers. "https://ssl." document.write("
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