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 LC    Silvery Grebe* Id (Atlas):
    Podiceps occipitalis

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Southern Silvery Grebe, Silvery Grebe, Crested Grebe, Silver Grebe, Junin Grebe (juninensis)

Family
Podicipedidae (Grebes)

Size
27 cm

First Described (Guide)
Garnot, 1826

Habitat
Larger freshwater lakes. From sea-level - 5,000 m.

Range (Guide)
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Peru.

Vagrant to Paraguay.

Population
Estimated population is 100,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (37)...)

 
Silvery Grebe (Podiceps occipitalis) [XC413549]
     by Bobby Wilcox from Laguna LA5, Meseta Lago Buenos Aires, Santa Cruz, Argentina (call)

 
Silvery Grebe (Podiceps occipitalis) [XC48765]
     by Alvaro Jaramillo from Huancar, Abra Pampa, Jujuy, Argentina (call)

Subspecies
May form superspecies with Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis), Colombian Grebe (Podiceps andinus) and Junin Grebe (Podiceps taczanowskii), although subspecies juninensis sympatric with Junin Grebe (Podiceps taczanowskii).

Hybridization with Hooded Grebe (Podiceps gallardoi) recorded. Subspecies juninensis may be distinct species, given morphological and ethological differences.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • juninensis von Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1894   -  Central Andes of Colombia to northern Chile, north-western Argentina. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Northern Silvery Grebe (Podiceps juninensis).
  • occipitalis Garnot, 1826   -  Central and southern Chile, central and southern Argentina, Falkland Is. Winters in north of range.



References
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Files:
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