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Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena [Boddaert, 1783]
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Trends & Distribution
Breeding & Survival
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Order:
Podicipediformes
Family:
Podicipedidae
BTO Codes:
RX, RENGR
EURING No:
100
Number in Britain:
200 birds (Winter)
Conservation Status:
UK:
AMBER
European:
Not a species of concern
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Breeder, Winter Visitor
Subspecies:
grisegena (RW), holboelli (V) recorded in Britain (of 2 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
45 cm
Wingspan:
81 cm
Weight:
M/F: 820 g
Scientific name from:
L.: podex =anus + pes =foot
and L.: griseus =grey + gena =cheek
World Distribution:
BREEDS: local in c&e Eurasia, n North America, WINTERS: south to s Europe, s China and c US
Habitat:
Reedy lakes & large ponds, Winter seacoast & large lakes
Diet:
Mostly invertebrates, especially insects, some fish
TitBit:
Like other grebes, the adult will carry its chicks on its back - until they are too big to fit on
Population and Distribution
Population Trend:
No population trend available
Distribution:
No distribution maps available
British Population Size:
Winter:
200 individuals
in 1981-99
Summer:
1 pairs
in 1998-02
First Record:
1787
First Breeding Record:
Cambridge & Scotland 1988
Conservation Status:
AMBER
because
Recent Non-breeding Population Decline (1981-2007),
Small Non-breeding Population,
Previous Assessments:
2002-2007
AMBER
1996-2001
AMBER
Races of Concern:
grisegena AMBER (Recent Decline)
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
No habitat data from BBS
European Population Size:
Summer:
20 to 31 thousand pairs
Birds in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
Bern(II), Bonn(II*), AEWA
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size:
51 x 34 mm
Egg Weight:
30.5 g (of which 10 % is shell)
Number of Nest Records:
0
Clutch Size:
4 - 5 eggs
Incubation:
20- 23 days
by the:
Male + Female
Fledging:
Unavailable
as:
Precocial, downy
First Clutches Laid:
Unavailable
Number of Broods:
1(2)
Number Ringed:
0
Adult Survival:
0.800
Juvenile Survival:
No data
Age at First Breeding:
Typical Lifespan:
No data
Maximum Recorded Age:
Too few birds ringed
Biometrics
Ring Size:
Ge
Wing Length
Adult:
Insufficient Data.
Juvenile:
Insufficient Data.
Male:
Insufficient Data
Female:
Insufficient Data
Weight
Adult:
Insufficient Data.
Juvenile:
Insufficient Data.
Male:
Insufficient Data
Female:
Insufficient Data
Other Names
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
For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
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:
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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