The Coot is a water bird of black color: it is distinguished by a typical white spot on the forehead shield which takes up the light color of the beak. The eyes are red and the gray-green legs end with long lobed fingers, the result of the process of adaptation to the aquatic environments. It reaches a length of about 38 cm. Male and female are quite similar: while the males are recognizable by the slightly larger spot and reach up to 600 grams in weight, the females weigh up to 800 grams.

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