#1039 · 🐦 birds

Pied-billed Grebe

🇳🇱 Dikbekfuut ·Podilymbus podiceps

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

what is it?

The pied-billed grebe ( Podilymbus podiceps ) is a species of the grebe family of water birds. Since the Atitlán grebe ( Podilymbus gigas ) has become extinct, it is the sole extant member of the genus Podilymbus . The pied-billed grebe is primarily found in ponds throughout the Americas. Other names of this grebe include American dabchick, dabchick, Carolina grebe, devil-diver, dive-dapper, dipper, hell-diver, pied-billed dabchick, pied-bill, thick-billed grebe , and water witch .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 99,791iNaturalist observations
weight 522 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
99,791 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 522 g.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).