Great Grebe

Podiceps major - Grand Grèbe

Systematics

Order
:
Podicipediformes
Family
:
Podicipédidés
Genus
:
Podiceps
Species
:
major

Descriptor

Boddaert, 1783

Biometrics

Size
: 78 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 1131 à 1700 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Great Grebe (Podiceps major) is a species of bird in the Podicipedidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

Podiceps major major (w Peru, Paraguay and se Brazil to c Chile and s Argentina)
Podiceps major navasi (s Chile)

Foreign names

Grand Grèbe,
Somormujo macachón,
mergulhão-grande,
Magellantaucher,
nagy vöcsök,
Grote Fuut,
Svasso gigante,
stordopping,
Spydnebbdykker,
potápka dlhozobá,
potápka velká,
Stor Lappedykker,
isouikku,
cabussó gran,
Hauggoði,
perkoz olbrzymi,
veliki ponirek,
Магелланова поганка,
オオカイツブリ,
大䴙䴘,
大鸊鷈,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Marine Neritic : Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged)

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Illustration

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Sources of information

A Field Guide to the Birds of Brazil, Ber Van Perlo
Birds of Argentina and the South-west Atlantic, Mark Pearman and Juan I. Areta
Birds of Chile, Jarmillo Alvaro
Birds of Ecuador, Juan Freile and Robin Restall
Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica, Martin R. de la Peña et Maurice Rumboll
Aves de Chile,
BirdLife International, BirdLife International
Birds of the World, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Seabirds, the new identification guide, Peter Harrison, Martin Perrow, Hans Larsson
Birds of Peru, Thomas S.Schulenberg, Douglas F.Stotz, Daniel F.Lane, John P.O'Neill, Theodore A.Parker III
IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2023.

Other sources of interest