Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)

Population
Estimated population is 130,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
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Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) [XC292675]
by Lance A. M. Benner from Quill Lakes, Road 640, SK, Canada (begging call, song)

Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) [XC143567]
by Paul Marvin from Finney Lake, Calipatria, Imperial County, California, United States (begging call)

Subspecies
Formerly included Clark's Grebe (Aechmophorus clarkii), which until recently considered a colour morph.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

occidentalis (Lawrence, 1858) - South-western and south-central Canada, western and north-central USA. Winters Pacific coast south to Baja California.
ephemeralis Dickerman, 1986 - Central-western and south-central Mexico.

References
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Files:

JPG files for Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) - 10 files

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