1957 G. R. McLachlan & R. Liversidge (rev. ed.) 111 Red-knobbed Coot... Fulica cristata.
1977 Oct. 25 The sanctuary is mainly a heronry, but one can also see..red-knobbed coots, better known in South Africa as ‘bleshoenders’.
2004 13 177/1 A crested (or red-knobbed) coot (F. cristata) died of DVE in a recent outbreak in Spain.