Least Grebe (Tachybaptus dominicus) [XC832707]
by Jo\u00e3o Ant\u00f4nio de B. Vitto from Rio do Sul, State of Santa Catarina, Brazil (duet)
Least Grebe (Tachybaptus dominicus) [XC714983]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Agronomia UFGO - Rio Meia Ponte\/Piscicultura Frutos Dagua., Brazil (alarm call, call, duet, song)
Subspecies
Subspecies brachyrhynchus synonymous with speciosus. Birds from western Ecuador sometimes placed in separate subspecies eisenmanni.
The following 6 subspecies are recognised:
dominicus (Linnaeus, 1766) - Northern Caribbean, from Cozumel I (off south-eastern Mexico) to Virgin Is and north to Bahamas.
brachypterus (Chapman, 1899) - West-central Mexico and southern Texas south to Panama.