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Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis [CL Brehm, 1831]
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Trends & Distribution
Breeding & Survival
Biometrics
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Order:
Podicipediformes
Family:
Podicipedidae
BTO Codes:
BN , BLNGR
EURING No:
120
Number in Britain:
45 pairs (Summer)
Conservation Status:
UK:
AMBER
European:
Not a species of concern
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor
Subspecies:
nigricollis recorded in Britain (of 3 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
31 cm
Wingspan:
58 cm
Weight:
M: 360 g F: 260 g
Scientific name from:
L.: podex =anus + pes =foot
and L.: niger =black + collis =neck
World Distribution:
BREEDS: local in n Europe, n&c Asia, e&s Africa, w North America, WINTERS: south to s Europe, India & n Central America
Habitat:
Large reedy lakes, Winter also coastal
Diet:
Mostly insects, occassionally other invertebrates or small fish
Population and Distribution
Population Trend:
No population trend available
Distribution:
No distribution maps available
British Population Size:
Summer:
40 to 50 pairs
in 1998-04
Winter:
120 individuals
in 1981-84
First Record:
1666
First Breeding Record:
Anglesey 1904
Latest Survey:
Martin, B. & Smith, J. (2007) British Birds 100:368-378
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
No habitat data from BBS
European Population Size:
Summer:
23 to 36 thousand pairs
Birds in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
WCA(I)
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size:
44 x 30 mm
Egg Weight:
21.0 g (of which 8 % is shell)
Number of Nest Records:
1
Clutch Size:
3 - 4 eggs
3.47 ± 0.62 (1 - 6) N = 293
Incubation:
20 - 22 days
by the:
Male + Female
Fledging:
Unavailable
as:
Precocial, downy
First Clutches Laid:
Unavailable
Number of Broods:
1(2)
Number Ringed:
1
Adult Survival:
No data
Juvenile Survival:
No data
Age at First Breeding:
Typical Lifespan:
No data
Maximum Recorded Age:
Too few ringed in Britain, but Spain : 7yr 2m
Biometrics
Ring Size:
Fe*
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
Eared Grebe
Gaelic:
Gobhachan-dubh
Welsh:
Gwyach Yddfddu
Danish:
Sorthalset lappedykker
Dutch:
Geoorde fuut
Finnish:
Mustakaulauikku
French:
Grèbe à cou noir
German:
Schwarzhalstaucher
Hungarian:
Feketenyakú vöcsök
Icelandic:
Stargoði
Irish:
Foitheach Píbdhubh
Italian:
Svasso piccolo
Norwegian:
Svarthalsdykker
Polish:
Zausznik (perkoz zausznik)
Portuguese:
Mergulhão-de-pescoço-preto
Spanish:
Zampullín cuellinegro
Swedish:
Svarthalsad dopping
For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
Ogilvie, M. 2003 Grebes of the world Bruce Coleman Books, Uxbridge
[598.43 OGI]
Koop, B. 2004 BWP Update 5:185-202
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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