#1403 · 🐦 birds
Western Grebe
🇳🇱 Zwanenhalsfuut ·Aechmophorus occidentalis
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what is it?
The western grebe ( Aechmophorus occidentalis ) is a species in the grebe family of water birds. Folk names include "dabchick", "swan grebe" and "swan-necked grebe".
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 24,477 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by George Newbold Lawrence in 1858 (168 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Western Grebe
- Nederlands
- Zwanenhalsfuut
- scientific name
- Aechmophorus occidentalis
- class
- Aves
- order
- Podicipediformes
- family
- Podicipedidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 24,477
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1858 by George Newbold Lawrence
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
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LC 👀 4.8k in NL
#0598 📷 9Little Grebe
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LC 👀 922 in NL
#0653 📷 7Eared Grebe
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LC 👀 278 in NL
#0740 📷 10Horned Grebe
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VU 👀 70 in NL
#0754 📷 9Red-necked Grebe
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LC 👀 55 in NL
#1039 📷 8Pied-billed Grebe
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 4235, Wikidata Q679154, GBIF 2482033, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.