LEAST GREBE Tachybaptus dominicus
Smallest of the New World Grebes, the Least can be readily identified by his small size and golden eye. 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 - (FPAVE92PH) Pair, near Loma Plata, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Paul Smith October 2007).
VIDEO A - (FPAVE93VI) Adult being pursued by a territorial pair of Pied-billed Grebes Podilymbus podiceps, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith August 2006).
VIDEO B - (FPAVE1036VI) Adult, Laguna Capitán, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Paul Smith October 2010).
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Tachybaptus dominicus
1 (FPAVE2158RE) Calls recorded Sapucaí, Departamento Caaguazú (Myriam Velázquez November 2002).
2 (FPAVE2159RE) Calls recorded Sapucaí, Departamento Caaguazú (Myriam Velázquez November 2002).
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