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PIED-BILLED GREBE Podilymbus podiceps
To North American birders the Pied-billed Grebe needs no introduction, in fact he is the most widespread of all the New World grebes! Grebes are expert swimmers with lobed toes and come to land only to breed. In fact they are not very fond of land at all, their legs are set so far back on their body that it means that walking becomes a terrible chore! He is much more at home on the water where he dives freely in search of his invertebrate prey.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE94PH) Adult breeding lateral view, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Lars Hansen February 2007).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE95PH) Adult breeding frontal view, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Lars Hansen February 2007).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE101PH) Adult coming into breeding plumage, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith October 2008).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE96PH) Adult non-breeding, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Lars Hansen February 2007).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE97PH) Large juvenile, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Lars Hansen February 2007).
FIGURE 6 - (FPAVE98PH) Nestling with nestling, location unknown (Arne Lesterhuis undated)
FIGURE 7 - (FPAVE99PH) Nestling, location unknown (Arne Lesterhuis undated)
VIDEO - (FPAVE93VI) Adults pursuing a Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith August 2006).
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Podilymbus podiceps
1 (FPAVE100RE) Duet recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
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