Western Grebe
Aechmophorus occidentalis - Grèbe élégant
Systematics
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Order:
Podicipediformes
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Family:
Podicipédidés
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Genus:
Aechmophorus
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Species:
occidentalis
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 75 cm
- Wingspan: 61 cm.
- Weight: 550 à 1800 g
Geographic range
Identification
Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) is a species of bird in the Podicipedidae family.
Subspecific information 2 subspecies
- Aechmophorus occidentalis occidentalis (se Alaska and w Canada to nc USA)
- Aechmophorus occidentalis ephemeralis (w Mexico)
Foreign names
- Grèbe élégant,
- Achichilique común,
- mergulhão-de-cara-preta,
- Renntaucher,
- nyugati vöcsök,
- Zwanenhalsfuut,
- Svasso occidentale,
- mörk svandopping,
- Svanedykker,
- potápka ostrozobá,
- potápka západní,
- Vestlig Lappedykker,
- pitkäkaulauikku,
- cabussó nord-americà comú,
- perkoz wielki,
- slaidais dūkuris,
- Западноамериканская поганка,
- クビナガカイツブリ,
- 北美䴙䴘,
- 西鸊鷈,
Habitat
Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)
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
- American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of California, Alvaro Jaramillo
- Field guide to the birds of Eastern North America, Jon L. Dunn and Jonathan Alderer
- Field Guide to the Birds of Western North America, Jon L. Dunn and Jonathan Alderfer
- Seabirds, the new identification guide, Peter Harrison, Martin Perrow, Hans Larsson
- Audubon,
- BirdLife International, BirdLife International
- Birds of the World, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Manitoba Breeding Bird Atlas, Birds Canada
- Ornithomedia, David BISMUTH
- Registre public des espèces en péril, Gouvernement du Canada
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
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
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- Struthioniformes
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- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes