Silvery Grebe
Podiceps occipitalis - Grèbe aux belles joues
Systematics
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Order:
Podicipediformes
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Family:
Podicipédidés
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Genus:
Podiceps
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Species:
occipitalis
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 31 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: 340 à 400 g
Geographic range
Identification
Silvery Grebe (Podiceps occipitalis) is a species of bird in the Podicipedidae family.
Subspecific information 2 subspecies
- Podiceps occipitalis occipitalis (c and s Chile and Argentina, Falkland Is.)
- Podiceps occipitalis juninensis (Colombia to nw Argentina and n Chile)
Foreign names
- Grèbe aux belles joues,
- Zampullín blanquillo meridional,
- mergulhão-de-orelha-amarela,
- Silbertaucher,
- ezüstvöcsök,
- Zilverfuut,
- Svasso argentato,
- silverdopping,
- Sølvdykker,
- potápka hrivopása,
- potápka stříbřitá,
- Sølvlappedykker,
- hopeauikku,
- cabussó argentat meridional,
- perkoz złotoczuby,
- Серебристая поганка,
- ギンカイツブリ,
- 银䴙䴘,
- 銀鸊鷈,
Habitat
Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Lakes ; Marine Neritic : Pelagic
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- A Field Guide to the Birds of Brazil, Ber Van Perlo
- Birds of Chile, Jarmillo Alvaro
- Birds of Colombia, Steven L. Hilty and William L. Brown
- Birds of Cusco and Machu Picchu,
- Birds of Argentina and the South-west Atlantic, Mark Pearman and Juan I. Areta
- Aves de Chile,
- BirdLife International, BirdLife International
- Birds of the World, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- An Illustrated Field Guide to the Birds of Colombia, Fernando Ayerbe Quinones
- Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica, Martin R. de la Peña et Maurice Rumboll
- Birds of Peru, Thomas S.Schulenberg, Douglas F.Stotz, Daniel F.Lane, John P.O'Neill, Theodore A.Parker III
- Birds of Ecuador, Juan Freile and Robin Restall
- Seabirds, the new identification guide, Peter Harrison, Martin Perrow, Hans Larsson
- IOC World Bird List (v13.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2023.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Aegotheliformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Nyctibiiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podargiformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Steatornithiformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes