#0653 · 🐦 birds

Eared Grebe

🇳🇱 Geoorde Fuut ·Podiceps nigricollis

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The black-necked grebe ( Podiceps nigricollis ), known in North America as the eared grebe , is a member of the grebe family of water birds. It was described in 1831 by Christian Ludwig Brehm. There are currently three accepted subspecies, including the nominate subspecies. Its breeding plumage features a distinctive ochre-coloured plumage that extends behind its eye and over its ear coverts. The rest of the upper parts, including the head, neck, and breast, are coloured black to...

base stats

NL sightings 278iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 40,974iNaturalist observations
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).