Grebes (Podicipedidae)
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) - HBW 1, p. 190
French: Grèbe à bec bigarré
German: Bindentaucher
Spanish: Zampullín Picogrueso
Taxonomy: Colymbus podiceps Linnaeus, 1758, South Carolina.
Forms superspecies with P. gigas, with which may have hybridized. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- antillarum Bangs, 1913 - Greater and Lesser Antilles.
- podiceps (Linnaeus, 1758) - S & C Canada S to Panama; winters S USA, C America, West Indies.
- antarcticus (Lesson, 1842) - S America, from E Panama S to SC Chile and SC Argentina.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird swimming and looking around Locality Dorado, Puerto Rico (ssp antillarum)
Juan Sanabria 31 July 2007 3 years ago 29 sec 4.5 -
An adult preening with a chick on the water Locality Laguna de Torca, Chile (ssp antarcticus)
Josep del Hoyo 12 October 2003 7 years ago 23 sec 4.4 -
A winter plumaged adult slowly swimming parallel to the camera. Locality Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp podiceps)
Don DesJardin 18 December 2008 3 years ago 38 sec 4.2 -
A juvenile swimming Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp podiceps)
Don DesJardin 31 October 2007 4 years ago 20 sec 3.9 -
A bird in non-breeding plumage, swimming Locality Curitiba, Paraná State, Brazil (ssp antarcticus)
Josep del Hoyo 16 May 2005 5 years ago 29 sec 3.8 -
A bird resting in the water Locality Dorado, Puerto Rico (ssp antillarum)
Juan Sanabria 31 July 2007 3 years ago 29 sec 3.7
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"Tango" : Two Grebes fighting for territory
Locality Montreal, Quebec, Canada (ssp podiceps)
Michel Lamarche 15 April 2010 1 year ago 4.8 -
Individual swimming.
Locality Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (ssp antarcticus)
Santiago Meligeni Lozano 28 February 2011 49 weeks ago 4 -
One of ten or twelve birds, adult and juvenile, present on the water.
Locality Laurel Creek Conservation Area, Waterloo, Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada (ssp podiceps)
Miriam Bauman 29 September 2010 1 year ago 4 -
The feathers are wet from a dive the bird took just prior to the photo.
Locality Central Park, New York City, New York, USA (United States) (ssp podiceps)
Bill Benish 24 March 2009 2 years ago 4 -
adult
Locality J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island, Florida, USA (United States) (ssp podiceps)
Thorsten Stegmann 2 April 2008 2 years ago 4 -
A bird on the water.
Locality Bogotá, Colombia (ssp antarcticus)
Joe Tobias 1 February 2007 10 weeks ago 3.8
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2-3 birds. Locality Ceará State, Brazil
(ssp antarcticus)
Ciro Albano 23 February 2007 2 years ago 4
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