Podiceps nigricollis

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Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Vegetation: freshwater lakes and ponds • Maximum Elevation: 2,500 meters • Foraging Strata: Water • Center of Abundance: Middle montane: mountains, middle range, 1,600-2,600 m. • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: Medium

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,901 meters (0 to 12,799 feet).Mean = 756.570 meters (2,482.185 feet), Standard Deviation = 701.220 based on 9,568 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Ecology:
List of Habitats :5.5Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)

Biology

Diet

Mostly:

Aquatic Invertebrates Fish

Reproduction

• Breeding Habitat : Wetland-open water
• Nest Location: N/A
• Nest Type: N/A
• Clutch Size: 1-6
• Length of Incubation : 20-22 days
• Days to Fledge : 21
• Number of Broods: usually 1, occasionally 2

Migration

Migratory

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Podiceps nigricollis Brehm, 1831

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

Horned Grebe

Members of the genus Podiceps

There are approximately 52 species in this genus:

P. andinus (Colombian Grebe) · P. auritus (Horned Grebe) · P. auritus auritus (Horned Grebe) · P. auritus cornutus (Horned Grebe) · P. aurius · P. carolinensis · P. caspicus · P. caspicus californicus · P. chilensis morrisoni · P. cornutus · P. cristatus (Great Crested Grebe) · P. cristatus australis · P. cristatus cristatus · P. cristatus infuscatus · P. dominicus · P. dominicus bangsi · P. dominicus brachypterus · P. gallardoi (Hooded Grebe) · P. grisegena (Red-Necked Grebe) · P. grisegena grisegena (Red-Necked Grebe) · P. grisegena holboelli · P. grisegena holboellii (Red-Necked Grebe) · P. grisegena holbollii · P. griseigena · P. grisigena · P. leucopterus · P. major (Great Grebe) · P. major major · P. micropterus · P. minor · P. nestor · P. nigricolis · P. nigricollis (Black-Necked Grebe) · P. nigricollis californicus (Eared Grebe) · P. nigricollis caspicus · P. nigricollis gurneyi · P. nigricollis nigricollis (Black-Necked Grebe) · P. novaehollandiae · P. occipitalis (Silvery Grebe) · P. occipitalis juninensis · P. occipitalis occipitalis · P. parvus · P. pelzelnii · P. poliocephalus · P. rolland · P. ruficollis · P. ruficollis capensis · P. ruficollis vulcanorum · P. rufolaratus · P. rufopectus · P. taczanowskii (Junin Grebe) · P. tricolor

Bibliography

• Alsop, Fred J. III. Birds of North America - Eastern Region. First American Edition. Smithsonian Handbooks. DK Publishing, Inc. 2001.
• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
• Bird Reference Citations. The numbers inserted in the text accounts above (usually in bold) refer to references. For further details on these references, click on the BirdLife International link above to go to the specific species account on the BirdLife web site. In some cases, particularly in the taxonomic notes, the references are cited using the author names. Details for these can be found on the BirdLife International web site at the following two places: For References from A–L. For References from M–Z.
• BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
• BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
• Ehrlich, P., Dobkin, D., and Wheye, D. (1988). The Birders Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds. New York: Simon and Schuster Inc. (info on clutch size, length of incubation, days to fledge and number of broods.)
• Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc. (Length and wingspan info.)

More Info

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Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 12, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 40 providers.
• MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 12, 2007:

• Avian Knowledge Network, eBird
• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, North West Territories and Nunavut Bird Checklist, Canada
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Ontario Nest Records
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Royal British Columbia Museum
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• New Brunswick Museum, NBM birds
• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
• The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, Western Palearctic migrants in continental Africa
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Herts Bird Club - Hertfordshire Breeding Bird Atlas : 1988-1992
• UK National Biodiversity Network, RSPB - Seabird nearshore winter survey in South-West England in 1994/95
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM, CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
• , Bird specimens
• Upper Silesian Museum, Bytom, Upper Silesian Museum, Bird Observations

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3851678
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-174487
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13809397
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 174485
• IUCN ID: 49530
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABNCA03030
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 177981

Footnotes

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