Grebes (Podicipedidae)
Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) - HBW 1, p. 189
French: Grèbe castagneux
German: Zwergtaucher
Spanish: Zampullín Común
Other common names: Common/Red throated (Little) Grebe, Dabchick
Taxonomy: Colymbus ruficollis Pallas, 1764, Holland.
Formerly included in Podiceps. Forms superspecies with T. novaehollandiae and T. rufolavatus, both of which have been considered races of present species. Extensive hybridization with latter, and occasionally with T. pelzelnii. Validity of race vulcanorum doubtful. Nine subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- ruficollis (Pallas, 1764) - Europe E to Urals, NW Africa.
- iraquensis (Ticehurst, 1923) - Iraq, SW Iran.
- capensis (Salvadori, 1884) - Africa S of Sahara, Madagascar; Caucasus through India and Sri Lanka to Burma.
- ruficollis (Pallas, 1764) - Europe E to Urals, NW Africa.
- iraquensis (Ticehurst, 1923) - Iraq, SW Iran.
- capensis (Salvadori, 1884) - Africa S of Sahara, Madagascar; Caucasus through India and Sri Lanka to Burma.
- poggei (Reichenow, 1902) - SE & NE Asia, Hainan, Taiwan, Japan and S Kuril Is.
- philippensis (Bonnaterre, 1791) - N Philippines.
- cotabato (Rand, 1948) - Mindanao (SE Philippines).
- tricolor (G. R. Gray, 1861) - Sulawesi to Seram and N New Guinea; Lombok to Timor.
- vulcanorum (Rensch, 1929) - Java to Timor.
- collaris (Mayr, 1945) - NE New Guinea to Bougainville I (Solomon Is).
- Least Concern
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A juvenile bird picking food from water vegetation Aldomirovtsi Marsh, Sofia region, Bulgaria (ssp ruficollis)
Iva Hristova 15 September 2006 3 years ago 3 sec 4.5 -
Copulation of Little Grebe. Aiguamolls de l'Empordà Natural Park, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
Calimocho40 28 March 2009 1 year ago 53 sec 4.5 -
Close-up of a Little Grebe swimming fast, and then, diving. Essonne, France (ssp ruficollis)
Julien Rochefort 21 November 2007 1 year ago 27 sec 4.4 -
An adult diving and feeding a chick Ligneuville, Liège Province, Belgium (ssp ruficollis)
Jean Hupperetz 29 July 2005 3 years ago 38 sec 4.4 -
Two Little Grebe, preening. Essonne, France (ssp ruficollis)
Julien Rochefort 21 November 2007 1 year ago 50 sec 4.3 -
An adult covering the eggs and leaving the nest Ligneuville, Liège Province, Belgium (ssp ruficollis)
Jean Hupperetz 31 July 2003 6 years ago 8 sec 4.3
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In summertime plumage Abu Nakhla ponds, Qatar
John A Thompson 5 June 2009 11 weeks ago 4.3 -
A winter-plumaged bird among reeds. Sariñena, Huesca, Aragón, Spain (ssp ruficollis)
Jesús Laborda 18 November 2009 40 weeks ago 4 -
A little grebe's family. Yilan County, Taiwan
alder 7 July 2007 1 year ago 4 -
Little Grebe about to take off Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa
Pat Ayling 17 May 2008 19 weeks ago 3.8 -
A bird carrying it's young in piggy back fashion Tamil Nadu, India (ssp capensis)
vasanthan.p.j 18 August 2010 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.6 -
a moment before plunging Aiguamolls de l'Empordà Natural Park, Girona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Ton Avila 5 March 2010 21 weeks ago 3.6
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Calling in morning Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 April 2003 33 weeks ago 4.5 -
Calls of an adult and chicks begging Rainham, Essex, England, UK
Stuart Fisher 4 July 2009 1 year ago 4.5 -
Calling in morning Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 July 2005 33 weeks ago 4
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