Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
(aka Dabchick)
Scotland
The Little Grebe is found in temperate and tropical areas of the Old World from Europe to New Guinea and southern Africa.
Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) is a widespread resident in India. Size: 25-29 cm
Anseriformes
Apodiformes
Bucerotiformes
Caprimulgiformes
Charadriiformes
Ciconiiformes
Columbiformes
Coraciiformes
Cuculiformes ...
Little Grebe
Watching from the Breydon Bridge observation hide at high tide, I suddenly became aware of hundreds of dunlin taking wing and climbing high above the saltings.
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Little Grebe
Description
Distinguishing Features - Length: average 20 cm; weight: average 170 g. Both sexes similar in appearance.
Common Dabchick, Common Grebe, Dabchick, Little Dabchick, Red-throated Grebe, Red-throated Little Grebe, Red-throated Dabchick
Bird Family :
Podicipedidae - Grebes ...
Little Grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis
Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
Madagascar Grebe, Tachybaptus pelzelnii
Alaotra Grebe (Rusty Grebe), Tachybaptus rufolavatus - probably extinct (late 1980s) ...
Little Grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis
Pied-billed Grebe, Podilymbus podiceps
Red-necked Grebe, Podiceps grisegena
Great Crested Grebe, Podiceps cristatus
Horned Grebe, Podiceps auritus
Eared Grebe, Podiceps nigricollis ...
Australian Little Grebe Rachybaptus novaehollandiae
Albatrosses
Wandering Albatross (Snowy)Diomedea exulans
Gibson's AlbatrossDiomedea gibsoni ...
The period at which this little Grebe makes its first appearance, after the breeding season, on the waters of the Western States, such as the Ohio, the Mississippi, and their numerous tributaries, is the beginning of October, ...
It may be related to the Dutch word "dodaars" the name of the little Grebe or Dabchick in the Dutch language. The connection may have been made because of similar feathers on the hind end, or because both animals were clumsy walkers.
Little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Peppery furrow shell (Scrobicularia plana)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Mute swan (Cygnus olor)
Red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) ...
But there are also species, though not Passerine, which are absolutely identical with those of Britain, the barn owl, common quail, pigmy rail, and little grebe or dabchick, all of them common and apparently resident in the island.
 See also: Grebe, Pigeon, Lapwing, Flamingo, Petrel
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