Eared grebe Podiceps nigricollis
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Length: 9 inches Wingspan: 23 inches
Sexes similar
Small, stocky-bodied grebe with short, thin bill with lower mandible beveled upwards at the tip
Black bill with no pale tip ...
Eared Grebe ( Podiceps nigricollis )
Eared Grebe (Male), Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge, California
Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved. (view image details) ...
Eared Grebe
Podiceps nigricollis
The Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) breeds across much of the western United States and southern Canada and winters in the southern United States, predominately the west, as well as into Mexico.
Eared Grebes are a fairly common grebe in the state, more so than the similar Horned Grebe. They are a very gregarious bird, often breeding in very large colonies, and often migrating together in huge flocks.
Eared Grebes are common to abundant in the Weaselhead/Glenmore area during spring and fall migration periods.
Eared Grebe: Small grebe with black upperparts, dark chestnut-brown flanks, and white underparts. Head and neck are black with orange feathers on face. Eyes are red. Sexes are similar.
Eared Grebe
(Podiceps nigricollis)
Status: Vagrant.
Last recorded on site in 2000
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
Eared Grebe
This report is one in a series of literature syntheses on North American grassland birds. The need for these reports was identified by the Prairie Pothole Joint Venture (PPJV), a part of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan.
Eared Grebe
Podiceps nigricollis (Brehm)
Status Two sight records. The first was seen at Sambro, Halifax County, on 1 January 1967 by Charles R.K. Allen, Benjamin K. Doane and other participants in the Halifax West Christmas Bird Count.
EARED GREBE.
[Eared Grebe.]
PODICEPS AURITUS, Lath.
[Podiceps nigricollis.] ...
Eared Grebe - 1 continues from Seal Rocks
Great Cormorant - 1 at Exeter WWTP, plus about 50 along the coast
Northern Harrier - 2, male and female from Island Path ...
Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis. Uncommon to rare in winter, spring, and fall in Gulf Coast region. Rare in winter, spring, and fall in other regions. Found on lakes, bays, and in the Gulf. Low Conservation Concern.
Eared grebe
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Eared Grebe in non-breeding plumage
The similar Horned Grebe in non-breeding plumage for comparison
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Eared Grebe
Fall Sighting Information: rare
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Horned Grebe
Fall Sighting Information: common
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
Least and Eared Grebes are uncommon visitors.
name area season diet/native food plants
Horned Grebe
NCS ...
Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis: San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary, Irvine, CA, 01 Jan
Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis: Lake Perris State Recreation Area, Perris, CA, 03 Jan ...
Black-necked Grebe or Eared Grebe, Podiceps nigricollis
Colombian Grebe, Podiceps andinus - extint (1977) : The Colombian Grebe (Podiceps andinus), was a grebe found in the Bogotá wetlands in the Eastern Andes of Colombia.
The dark rufous neck clearly differentiates the Horned Grebe from his cousin, the Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis), who has a black neck, and in fact is known as the Black-necked Grebe in Europe, as you might guess from the Latin name.
This is the only family in this order.
Species in this family:
Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollic)
Pied-Billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps )
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegna) ...
Blacknecked Grebe, Black-necked Podiceps, Eared Grebe, Black Grebe, Eared Diver
Bird Family :
Podicipedidae - Grebes ...
The principal bird species to be the major consumers of adult brine shrimp and cysts in Lake Abert, Oregon are the Northern Shoveler and the Eared Grebe. Brine shrimp comprise 30% and 17% of their diets, respectively.
 See also: Grebe, Horned Grebe, Pied-billed Grebe, Gull, Mallard
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