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 LC    Clark's Grebe* Id (Atlas):
    Aechmophorus clarkii

Description (10)
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Family
Podicipedidae (Grebes)

Size
45 - 61 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lawrence, 1858)

Habitat
Larger freshwater lakes. From 750 - 2,500 m.

Range (Guide)
Canada (B), Mexico, USA (B).

Population
Estimated population is 11,000 - 21,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

 
Clark's Grebe (Aechmophorus clarkii) [XC486230]
     by Richard E. Webster from Plush, Lake County, Oregon, United States (call)

 
Clark's Grebe (Aechmophorus clarkii) [XC565871]
     by Richard E. Webster from Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, UT, United States (call)

Subspecies
Recently separated from Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis), with which it was formely considered merely a light phase.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • clarkii (Lawrence, 1858)   -  Mexican Plateau from northern Chihuahua to northern Guerrero; Nayarit; (?) L Caballo (New Mexico).
  • transitionalis Dickerman, 1986   -  Western USA, north to Utah and Colorado.



References
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Files:
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