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Western grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
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Length: 18? inches Wingspan: 40? inches
Sexes similar
A large, long-necked grebe with a long bill
Bill greenish-yellow
Red eye
Black crown, face, and nape ...
Western Grebe
Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)
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Western Grebe
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WESTERN GREBE FACTS
Description
The Western Grebe is a long-necked water bird. The body is brown-black above and white below. The top half of the head is brown-black and the lower half is white.
Western Grebe
Aechmophorus occidentalis
The Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) is widespread as a breeder over the western United States. It winters along the west coast and at many fresh water reservoirs in the southwest.
Western Grebe: Large, long-necked grebe with dark gray upperparts, white underparts, and gray sides and flanks. Lower face and front of neck are white; black cap extends below eye. Back of neck is black. Eyes are red.
Western Grebe Behaviour
No observations regarding Western Grebe behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
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Western Grebe
Aechmorphus occidentalis (Lawrence)
Status One sight record. A convincingly described bird was seen by Betty June Smith on a beach at Cape Sable on 6 February 1970.
Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis
Clark's Grebe, Aechmophorus clarkii
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Western Grebe
During the Christmas Bird Count this year we saw more Aechmophorus grebes than we could count, so of course we made the best estimates that time permitted. Nice to see such healthy populations of these graceful birds.
Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis. Occasional in winter, spring, and fall. Found on sloughs, lakes, and in the Gulf.
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Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis: Lake Perris State Recreation Area, Perris, CA, 03 Jan
Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii: Lake Perris State Recreation Area, Perris, CA, 03 Jan ...
Nesting records for Black-necked Stilt, American Avocet, Western Grebe, and Clark's Grebe in Brown's Park National Wildlife Refuge, Moffat County, Colorado. Journal of Colorado Field Ornithology 32:61-63. Bent, A. C. 1962.
Clark's grebes were once thought to a lighter coloured variation or morph of the western grebe rather than a separate species.
They were well out, probably four times the distance of the Western Grebe, but still close enough in that I could see the white rumps and dangling legs as they danced their magic.
Deeply hollowed, well rounded, compactly woven platform; lined with bits of reeds, grass. Also makes depression in mud and sand or pats down grass and soil, lined with shells, grass. Often on muskrat houses, Occ nests of Western Grebe.
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 See also: Grebe, Eared Grebe, Pied-billed Grebe, Plover, Cormorant
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