Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena [Boddaert, 1783] |
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Page updated:16-January-2013 |
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Order:
Podicipediformes
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Family: Podicipedidae |
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BTO Codes:
RX, RENGR
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EURING No: 100 | |
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Number in Britain:
55 birds (Winter)
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Breeder, Winter Visitor
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Subspecies:
grisegena (RW), holboelli (V) recorded in Britain (of 2 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
45 cm
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Wingspan: 81 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 820 g
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Scientific name from:
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L.: podex=anus + pes=foot and L.: griseus=grey + gena=cheek |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: local in c&e Eurasia, n North America, WINTERS: south to s Europe, s China and c US |
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Habitat:
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Reedy lakes & large ponds, Winter seacoast & large lakes |
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Diet:
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Mostly invertebrates, especially insects, some fish |
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TitBit:
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Like other grebes, the adult will carry its chicks on its back - until they are too big to fit on. |
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Population and Distribution |
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British Population Size:
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Winter:
55 individuals
in 2004-09
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Summer:
1 pairs
in 1998-02
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First Record:
1787
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First Breeding Record:
Cambridge & Scotland 1988
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Conservation Status:
AMBER
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Recent Non-breeding Population Decline (1981-2007),
Small Non-breeding Population,
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Previous Assessments:
2002-2007
AMBER
1996-2001
AMBER
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| Races of Concern: grisegena AMBER (Recent Decline) | ||||
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Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
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European Population Size:
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Summer:
20 to 31 thousand pairs
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Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
Bern(II), Bonn(II*), AEWA
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Breeding and Survival |
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Egg Size:
51 x 34 mm
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Egg Weight: 30.5 g (of which 10 % is shell) | ||
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Number of Nest Records:
0
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Clutch Size:
4 - 5 eggs
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Incubation:
20- 23 days
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by the: Male + Female |
Fledging:
Unavailable
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Precocial, downy
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First Clutches Laid:
Unavailable
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Number of Broods:
1(2)
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Number Ringed:
Annual Totals
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Adult Survival:
0.800
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Juvenile Survival:
No data
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Age at First Breeding:
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Typical Lifespan:
No data
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Maximum Recorded Age:
Too few birds ringed
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Biometrics |
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Ring Size:
Ge
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Wing Length
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Adult: | Insufficient Data |
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| Male: | Insufficient Data | |
| Female: | Insufficient Data | |
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Weight
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Adult: | Insufficient Data |
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| Male: | Insufficient Data | |
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Other Names |
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| Gaelic: Gobhachan-ruadh | Welsh: Gwyach Yddfgoch |
| Danish: Gråstrubet lappedykker | Dutch: Roodhalsfuut |
| Finnish: Härkälintu | French: Grèbe jougris |
| German: Rothalstaucher | Hungarian: Vörösnyakú vöcsök |
| Icelandic: Sefgoði | Irish: Foitheach Píbrua |
| Italian: Svasso collorosso | Norwegian: Gråstrupedykker |
| Polish: Perkoz rdzawoszyi | Portuguese: Mergulhão-de-pescoço-ruivo |
| Spanish: Somormujo cuellirrojo | Swedish: Gråhakedopping |
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For More Information... |
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Books and Monographs:
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| Ogilvie, M. 2003 Grebes of the world Bruce Coleman Books, Uxbridge [598.43 OGI] | |
| Vlug, J.J. 2002 BWP Update 4:139-180 | |
| Fjeldsa, J. 2005 The Grebes Oxford University Press [598.43 FJE] | |
| See Also: | |
Find scientific papers on  Google Scholar
or  Scirus by clicking the icon
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| Wikipedia entry | |
| BirdLife species page | |
| Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides | |
| All About Birds (from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology) | |
| Details from the Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter | |
| Read State of the Nations Birds by Chris Mead | |
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