Great Grebe (Podiceps major)

Family
Podicipedidae (Grebes)

Size
70 - 78 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Boddaert, 1783)

Habitat
Larger freshwater lakes. Also, coastal inland water. From sea-level - 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Paraguay, Peru, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Uruguay (B).

Vagrant to Spain.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 36,000 - 130,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (34)...)

Great Grebe (Podiceps major) [XC241455]
by Pedro Rinaldi from Salto, Uruguay (song)

Great Grebe (Podiceps major) [XC45435]
by Bernabe Lopez-Lanus from Las Mellizas Wetland, Los Angeles, Chile (call, chick calls)

Subspecies
Subspecies navasi not universally accepted; if valid, name leucopterus may be applicable. Birds from coastal Peru suspected to constitute additional, undescribed subspecies.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

major (Boddaert, 1783) - North-western Peru; Paraguay and extreme south-eastern Brazil south to Patagonia and central Chile.
navasi Manghi, 1984 - Southern Chile.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Great Grebe (Podiceps major) - 10 files

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