Hawaiian Coot

Fulica alai

IUCN: Near Threatened

Taxonomy

Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Fulica
eBird Code: hawcoo

Distribution

Hawaiian Islands, breeding very locally on Ni‘ihau, Kaua‘i, O‘ahu, Moloka‘i, Maui, and Hawai‘i; visits Läna‘i and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands westward to Kure Atoll

Vocalizations

Damien Wallace · CC_BY_4_0

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (hawcoo) Avibase

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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