Grebes (Podicipedidae)
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) - HBW 1, p. 192
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 Enlarge map
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preening his feathers Locality Diependal, Oranje, Drente Province, Netherlands (ssp grisegena)
Daniêl Jimenez 13 May 2012 50 weeks ago 25 sec 3.5 -
An adult moulting into breeding plumage Locality Cheshire, England, Great Britain (ssp grisigena)
Greg Baker 22 March 1997 1 year ago 31 sec 3.5 -
A chick on the nest and an adult arriving Locality Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, Alaska, USA (United States) (ssp holboellii)
Ann Hoover 16 June 2007 5 years ago 36 sec 3.5 -
An adult bird laying on its nest Locality Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, Alaska, USA (United States) (ssp holboellii)
Ann Hoover 16 June 2007 5 years ago 36 sec 3.5 -
A bird in breeding plumage preening on the water and shaking the plumage. Locality Potter Marsh, Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge, Anchorage, Alaska, USA (United States) (ssp holboellii)
Josep del Hoyo 1 June 2012 39 weeks ago 20 sec 3.3 -
An adult bird taking material it to the nest, where its pair is waiting with a chick Locality Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, Alaska, USA (United States) (ssp holboellii)
Ann Hoover 16 June 2007 5 years ago 38 sec 3.3
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One of a pair tending the nest.
Locality Colonel Samuel Smith Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (ssp holboellii)
Miriam Bauman 10 July 2011 1 year ago 3 -
Breeding pair swimming and their habitat: semi-natural fish-pond.
Locality Milicz Fish Ponds, Milicz, Lower Silesian Province, Poland (ssp grisegena)
Hanna Sztwiertnia 6 May 2011 1 year ago 2.4 -
Red-necked Grebe in the evening
Locality Keitele, Eastern Finland Province, Finland (ssp grisegena)
Jukka-Pekka Jalovaara 20 June 2010 2 years ago 1.8
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A pair calling before diving. Locality Minnesota, USA (United States)
(ssp holboellii)
Malcolm Mark Swan 14 May 2008 16 weeks ago 4
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