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 Enlarge map
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A group of birds swimming and preening Locality Axios Delta, Central Macedonia Region, Greece (ssp ruficollis)
Theo Mamais 22 November 2009 2 years ago 31 sec 4 -
A bird on the water Locality Doñana National Park, Andalucia, Spain (ssp ruficollis)
Juan Sanabria 28 March 2010 2 years ago 37 sec 4 -
A winter-plumaged bird preening, looking around and diving. Locality Sariñena, Huesca, Aragón, Spain (ssp ruficollis)
Jesús Laborda 12 November 2009 3 years ago 39 sec 4 -
An adult and the chicks at the nest. Locality Madrid, Spain (ssp ruficollis)
Javier Ortas 12 March 2009 3 years ago 30 sec 4 -
An adult bird with the chicks Locality Madrid, Spain (ssp ruficollis)
Javier Ortas 12 March 2009 3 years ago 30 sec 4 -
A bird eating frantically what it seems dead floating bugs Locality Kovalam, Kerala, India (ssp capensis)
Juan Sanabria 1 August 2008 4 years ago 28 sec 4
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A winter-plumaged bird among reeds.
Locality Sariñena, Huesca, Aragón, Spain (ssp ruficollis)
Jesús Laborda 18 November 2009 3 years ago 3.9 -
In winter
Locality Centro Habitat Mediterraneo, Litorale Romano Nature Reserve, Lazio Region, Italy
Marco Valentini 25 November 2012 6 weeks ago 3.8 -
A leucistic individual swimming close to another bird.
Locality Inogashira Park Zoo, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan (ssp poggei)
Jordi Sargatal 12 February 2010 11 weeks ago 3.8 -
An adult bird on water
Locality Mangalajodi, Orissa, India
Soumyadeep Chatterjee 97 29 December 2012 16 weeks ago 3.8 -
Breeding adult
Locality Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu, India
vasanthan.p.j 16 December 2011 1 year ago 3.8 -
An adult and a chick, in water.
Locality Gandhinagar District, Gujarat, India
Jeel Bharat Patel 3 November 2012 4 weeks ago 3.8
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Calling in morning Locality Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
(ssp capensis)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 April 2003 3 years ago 4.5 -
Calls of an adult and chicks begging Locality Rainham, Essex, England, Great Britain
(ssp ruficollis)
Stuart Fisher 4 July 2009 3 years ago 4.5 -
A bird calling twice. Locality Tal Chhapar Wildlife Sanctuary, Churu District, Rajasthan, India
(ssp capensis)
Josep del Hoyo 24 February 2011 1 year ago 4 -
Alarm calls Locality WaterWorks Nature Reserve, Leyton, London, England, Great Britain
(ssp ruficollis)
Stuart Fisher 20 March 2011 2 years ago 4 -
Calling in morning Locality Rajasthan, India
(ssp capensis)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 July 2005 3 years ago 4
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