Horned Coot (Fulica cornuta) swimming & walking at 3800 m altitude salt lake Laguna Santa Rosa the Nevado Tres Cruces Chile

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Tagua Cornuda (Fulica cornuta) can reach size of 62 cm. Adult birds live in pairs and build nest in the water anchored to a stone base. They are found in Regions I to III in the high Andes zones. here they started swimming in part of the lake which melted in early afternoon others walking on ice 3800 m altitude salt lake Laguna Santa Rosa the Nevado Tres Cruces Chile. No. of mature individuals is in the range of 10,000-19,999 individuals, in Chile 620 (Glade (1988). 2010 IUCN Red List status: near threatened.

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Location: saltlake habitat at 3800m altitude, Laguna Santa Rosa, Parque Nacional Nevado Tres Cruces, Atacama
Photo credit: © Krystyna Szulecka Photography / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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