Birds of the World

    PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae (Grebes)  
Genus: Tachybaptus (5 species)


Least Grebe
Least Grebe (Tachybaptus dominicus brachyrhynchus)
Range: NA, MA, SA: s Texas and nw Mexico to n Argentina
Cundinamarca, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

The smallest grebe, about half the size of a small duck.

Australasian Grebe
Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae novaehollandiae)
Range: OR, AU: Java, Sangihe and Talaud is. (n of Sulawesi), Timor (e Lesser Sundas), New Guinea, se Bismarck Arch., Australia, New Zealand, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and Rennell (s Solomon Is.)
Mulligan Flat Nature Reserve, Australian Capital Territory, Australia  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


Madagascar Grebe
Madagascar Grebe (Tachybaptus pelzelnii) Endangered
Range: AF: Madagascar
Mantadia, Madagascar  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


Little Grebe
Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Range: PAL, AF, OR: Europe (except n) to c, s, e Asia and Philippines; Africa and Malagasy region
  Non-breeding plumage.
 
Photograph by Andreas Trepte     Copyright and usage info

Little Grebe
Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis capensis)
Range: PAL, AF, OR: Europe (except n) to c, s, e Asia and Philippines; Africa and Malagasy region
Marievale Nature Reserve, South Africa
  Breeding plumage.
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

On nest.

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Tricolored Grebe (Tachybaptus tricolor)
Range: OR, AU: Java, Sulawesi region, Lesser Sundas, Moluccas, n New Guinea, Bismarck Arch. and Solomon Is.
 




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