Pied-billed Grebe
(Podilymbus podiceps)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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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 |
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Size |
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12″ to 15″ in length 16″ wingspan |
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Habitat |
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Ponds, marshes, backwaters with sparse emergent vegetation |
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Ecology |
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Migration |
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April to October |
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Nesting |
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Food |
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Aquatic insects, small fish, amphibians |
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Distribution |
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Occurrence |
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Common migrant and breeder |
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The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map |
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Taxonomy |
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| Class | Aves (birds) | ||
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Podicipediformes (grebes) | ||
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Podicipedidae (grebes) | ||
Genus |
Podilymbus (pied-billed and Atitlán grebes) | ||
Subordinate Taxa |
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Northern Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps podiceps) Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps antarcticus) Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps antillarum) Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps magnus) (extinct) |
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Earl Bye |
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| Pied-billed Grebe Allen Chartier |
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| Pied-billed Grebe Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren |
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| Pied-billed Grebe JMC Nature Photos |
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| Pied-billed Grebes WIld Bird Video Productions |
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Uploaded on Feb 26, 2011 Pied-billed grebes in Maine. © Garth McElroy License at http://www.paya.com/videos/135207 |
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| Pied-billed Grebe alwcomm |
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Uploaded on Mar 13, 2008 Video from several years and locations in Seattle, WA, including nesting and young. |
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| Pied-Billed Grebe Calling From Nest CreaturesInTheWild |
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Published on Apr 22, 2012 No description available. |
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| Pied-billed Grebes hikerbikergram |
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Uploaded on Nov 24, 2010 This foursome of Pied-billed Grebes were swimming, preening, and foraging along the shore of Horseshoe lake. They are very timid and i was able to catch this video from my car. |
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| Pied Billed Grebe 6-26-10 wetlandbank |
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Uploaded on Jun 27, 2010 This Pied Billed Grebe has been nesting here at Valencia. |
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| Earl Bye 4/3/2021 |
Location: Sand Point Trail... part of Frontenac State Park |
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