Pied-billed Grebe

Podilymbus podiceps - Grèbe à bec bigarré

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Podicipediformes

  • Family
    :

    Podicipédidés

  • Genus
    :

    Podilymbus

  • Species
    :

    podiceps

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 38 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 56 à 64 cm.
  • Weight
    : 339 à 458 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Grèbe à bec bigarré
adult plum. breeding
Grèbe à bec bigarré
adult plum. post breeding

Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) is a species of bird in the Podicipedidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

  • Podilymbus podiceps podiceps (n North America to Panama and Cuba)
  • Podilymbus podiceps antillarum (Greater and Lesser Antilles)
  • Podilymbus podiceps antarcticus (n South America to s Argentina)

Foreign names

  • Grèbe à bec bigarré,
  • Zampullín picogrueso,
  • mergulhão-caçador,
  • Bindentaucher,
  • gyűrűscsőrű vöcsök,
  • Dikbekfuut,
  • Podilimbo,
  • tjocknäbbad dopping,
  • Ringnebbdykker,
  • potápka škvrnitozobá,
  • potápka americká,
  • Tyknæbbet Lappedykker,
  • paksunokkauikku,
  • cabusset becgròs,
  • Stúfgoði,
  • perkozek grubodzioby,
  • raibknābja dūkuris,
  • progastokljuni ponirek,
  • Каролинская поганка,
  • オビハシカイツブリ,
  • 斑嘴巨䴙䴘,
  • 斑嘴巨鸊鷈,

Voice song and cries

Grèbe à bec bigarré
juvenile

Habitat

Grèbe à bec bigarré
adult

Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)

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

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Grèbe à bec bigarré
published: - Updated: 26-05-2004
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