🌟 Big feet birdie! - Show Me A Photo Contest Round 250

Have you ever seen this bird? 😯 At first I thought it was a duck, but it´s not!

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Look at their big feet. Seems like those funny bird legs are very good for swimming!

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But these birds can also look majestic.

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Hmmm... Seems like they´re plotting something here...

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And they like apples, just like the smiley duck I posted last week!

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But... if they're not exactly ducks, what kind of birds are they then?

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The Eurasian coot, also known as the common coot or Australian coot, is a member of the rail and crake bird family, the Rallidae. It is found in Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and parts of North Africa. It has a slaty-black body, a glossy black head and a white bill with a white frontal shield. The sexes are similar in appearance.

According to the internet, the common coot is the type species of the genus Fulica, which belongs to the family Rallidae, a family of medium-sized ducks and semi-aquatic birds. So it seems they are indeed related to ducks!

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Location: Zell am See.

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