白冠水雞

Black coot

學名 : Fulica atra

別名：水鴐令、過塘雞。

特徵：白冠雞體長約40公分左右，主要特徵是全身均為一致的黑色，而嘴是白色，腳色暗綠色。

習性：不常見 冬候鳥,冬季時會出現於水塘、魚塭等水域活動，善常用腳蹼潛水划水游泳，外觀非常像紅冠水雞，但可以從體型大小,及白冠雞嘴前額的白色來與紅冠水雞前額的紅色,來簡單的辨識。

Features: The white-crowned chicken is about 40 cm long. The main feature is that the body is uniformly black, while the mouth is white and the feet are dark green.

Habits: Migratory birds are not common in winter. They will appear in waters such as ponds and fish fields in winter. They are often used for diving and swimming in flippers. The appearance is very similar to red-crowned waterfowl, but they can be from the size and white forehead of the white crest Come with the red of the forehead of the red-crowned water chicken, for a simple identification.