#0539 · 🐦 birds

Great Crested Grebe

🇳🇱 Fuut ·Podiceps cristatus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © caroline legg · CC BY 4.0
2. © Chris Moody · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Константин Ординарцев · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © floris_heemskerk · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © rafak · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Ben Ackerley · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Marco Vicariotto · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. © Michel NOEL · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The great crested grebe ( Podiceps cristatus ) is a member of the grebe family of water birds noted for its elaborate mating display. The scientific name comes from Latin. Podiceps is from podicis , "vent" and pes , "foot", and is a reference to the placement of a grebe's legs towards the rear of its body, and the species name, cristatus means "crested".

base stats

NL sightings 4,754iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 117,365iNaturalist observations
weight 920 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

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

Spotted 4,754 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #8 most seen of the birds in NL.
117,365 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 920 g.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).