#0598 · 🐦 birds
Little Grebe
🇳🇱 Dodaars ·Tachybaptus ruficollis
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what is it?
The little grebe ( Tachybaptus ruficollis ), also known as dabchick , is a member of the grebe family of water birds. The genus name is from Ancient Greek takhus "fast" and bapto "to sink under". The specific ruficollis is from Latin rufus "red" and Modern Latin -collis , "-necked", itself derived from Latin collum "neck".
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
- Spotted 922 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 65,914 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 14 g.
- Scientifically named by Peter Simon Pallas in 1764 (262 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Little Grebe
- Nederlands
- Dodaars
- scientific name
- Tachybaptus ruficollis
- class
- Aves
- order
- Podicipediformes
- family
- Podicipedidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 922
- sightings in Europe
- 32,509
- sightings worldwide
- 65,914
- GBIF records in NL
- 357,834
- weight
- 13.7 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1764 by Peter Simon Pallas
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Podicipedidae
#0539 📷 8Great Crested Grebe
🇳🇱 Fuut
Podiceps cristatus
LC 👀 4.8k in NL
#0653 📷 7Eared Grebe
🇳🇱 Geoorde Fuut
Podiceps nigricollis
LC 👀 278 in NL
#0740 📷 10Horned Grebe
🇳🇱 Kuifduiker
Podiceps auritus
VU 👀 70 in NL
#0754 📷 9Red-necked Grebe
🇳🇱 Roodhalsfuut
Podiceps grisegena
LC 👀 55 in NL
#1039 📷 8Pied-billed Grebe
🇳🇱 Dikbekfuut
Podilymbus podiceps
LC 🌍 99.8k seen
#1403 📷 9Western Grebe
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Aechmophorus occidentalis
LC 🌍 24.5k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 4237, Wikidata Q25421, GBIF 2482048, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.