Pied-billed Grebe
(Podilymbus podiceps)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Distribution • Taxonomy
Conservation Status |
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| IUCN Red List | LC - Least Concern |
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| NatureServe | N5B, N5N - Secure Breeding and Nonbreeding SNRB - Unranked Breeding |
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| Minnesota | not listed |
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Description
Size
Total length: 12″ to 15″
Wingspan: 16″
Voice
The male call is a loud, whooping, ge ge gadum gadum gadum guam guom gwaaaaaow gwaaaaaaow gaom.
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Habitat
Ponds, marshes, backwaters with sparse emergent vegetation
Ecology
Migration
April to October
Nesting
Food
Aquatic insects, small fish, amphibians
Distribution
Occurrence
Common migrant and breeder
Maps
The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map
Taxonomy
Class
Aves (birds)
Order
Podicipediformes (grebes)
Family
Podicipedidae (grebes)
Genus
Podilymbus (pied-billed and Atitlán grebes)
Subordinate Taxa
Northern Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps podiceps) 
Southern Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps antarcticus)
Antillean Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps antillarum)
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps magnus) (extinct)
Synonyms
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Earl Bye
4/3/2021
Location: Sand Point Trail... part of Frontenac State Park
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