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Black-necked Grebe

(Podiceps nigricollis)
Alternate name(s): Race "californicus": "Eared Grebe", "Eared Diver"
German name(s): "Schwarzhalstaucher"

Size: 28-34 cm; wing span 56-60 cm
Weight: 250-480 g

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Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Black-necked Grebe at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

Race "nigricollis"

ADULT

BREEDING

Sex unknown

Lateral view of a Black-necked Grebe in breeding plumage (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[River Bug, Brok, Masovia, Poland, May 2016]

Distant dorsal view of a Black-necked Grebe in breeding plumage (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[River Bug, Brok, Masovia, Poland, May 2016]

NON-BREEDING

Sex unknown

Lateral view of a Black-necked Grebe in non-breeding plumage looking towards the observer
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sado estuary, Portugal, January 2023]

Lateral view of a Black-necked Grebe in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sado estuary, Portugal, January 2023]

Lateral view of a Black-necked Grebe in non-breeding plumage going for a dive
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sado estuary, Portugal, January 2023]

Near-dorsal view of a Black-necked Grebe in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sado estuary, Portugal, January 2023]

Dorsal view of a Black-necked Grebe in non-breeding plumage (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sado estuary, Portugal, January 2023]

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