Grebes (Podicipedidae) - HBW 1
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
French: Grèbe jougris
German: Rothalstaucher
Spanish: Somormujo Cuellirrojo
Other common names: Grey cheeked Grebe; Holböll's Grebe (holboellii)
Taxonomy: Colymbus grisegena Boddaert, 1783, no locality; France designated.
Often erroneously spelt griseigena. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- grisegena (Boddaert, 1783) - E Europe, W & WC Asia; winters from North Sea E to Caspian and Aral Seas.
- holboellii Reinhardt, 1854 - E USSR, Manchuria, N Japan; W Canada, NW USA; winters from Japan and Korea through Aleutian Is to California; also E USA, S to Florida.
- Least Concern
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Two views showing a first year bird manipulating caught prey with its bill prior to consumption. First a small eel then diving, Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA (ssp holboellii)
Don DesJardin 18 December 2008 1 year ago 1 min 10 sec 4.5 -
An adult bird bringing nest material, while the other is in the nest with a chick Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, Alaska, USA (ssp holboellii)
Ann Hoover 16 June 2007 2 years ago 21 sec 4.3 -
pair courting using reed Minnesota, USA
Malcolm Mark Swan 14 May 2008 49 weeks ago 24 sec 4.3 -
pair courting while swimming Minnesota, USA
Malcolm Mark Swan 14 May 2008 49 weeks ago 1 min 2 sec 4 -
adult diving Minnesota, USA
Malcolm Mark Swan 14 May 2008 49 weeks ago 19 sec 4 -
pair calling before diving Minnesota, USA
Malcolm Mark Swan 14 May 2008 49 weeks ago 34 sec 4
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Adult, breeding plumage Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (ssp grisegena)
Thorsten Stegmann 27 April 2009 11 weeks ago 4.3 -
Adult, breeding plumage Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (ssp grisegena)
Thorsten Stegmann 27 April 2009 11 weeks ago 4 -
Adult in a prairie pond Police Point Park, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Todd Boland 12 June 2007 1 year ago 3.5
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