Great Grebe

This species occurs mainly in open waterways. Most birds are seen on low altitude lakes and sluggish rivers , as well as estuarine marshes. While breeding, it frequents the heavily vegetated inlets off of large lakes. Outside of the breeding season, most birds will move to estuaries and bays, usually heavy with kelp . Non-breeding birds may live along the coasts all year.

The Great Grebe is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Great Grebe (Podiceps major) is the largest species of grebe on earth. A disjunct population exists in northwestern Peru, while the main distribution is from extreme southeastern Brazil to Patagonia and central Chile. The population from southern Chile is considered a separate subspecies, P. m. navasi. This species occurs mainly in open waterways. Most birds are seen on low altitude lakes and sluggish rivers (often surrounded by forests), as well as estuarine marshes. More

* Great Grebe on Lago Azul Torres del Paine National Park, Chile Bill Benish 12 January 2008 1 year ago 4.5 * Two birds in courtship. Estancia La Buitreras, Santa Cruz, Argentina (ssp navasi) Santiago Imberti 15 December 2006 1 year ago 4.2 * Great Grebe Adult in non-breeding plumage Buenos Aires, Argentina David Brassington 21 September 2009 28 weeks ago 3. More

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3 inches), to the Great Grebe, at ... More From Wikipedia » Shopping - Shopping from Amazon Grebes: Podicipedidae (Bird Families of the World) ... $290.00 $290.00 Grebes are unusual and fascinating birds, with spectacular courtship behavior and floating nests which enable them to spend their entire lives in water. More

coloration, the Great Grebe is unlikely to be confused with any other bird, including other grebes. The Great Grebe lives on a diet comprised mostly of fish, sometimes over 11 cm (4.3 inches) long, but usually smaller. Prey competition can occasionally occur with the Neotropic Cormorant over fish, but that species (in spite of smaller body size) usually takes larger fish. Also insects, crustaceans and mollusks are taken. More

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The Great Grebe (Podiceps major) is the largest species of grebe on earth. Pieter Boddaert (1730 or 1733 Middelburg - 6 May 1795, Utrecht) was a Dutch Physician and naturalist. Grebes are members of the Podicipediformes order, a widely distributed order of freshwater diving birds some of which visit the sea when migrating A disjunct population exists in northwestern Peru, while the main distribution is from extreme southeastern Brazil to Patagonia and central Chile. More

) The great grebe is a conspicuously crested species of the old world, Podiceps cristatus. The European red-necked grebe is P. griseigena, a variety of which, P. holboelli, also inhabits North America. The Slavonian or horned grebe, P. cornutus, is common in most parts of the northern hemisphere; the eared grebe, P. auritus or nigricollis, is closely related to it. More