Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis [CL Brehm, 1831] |
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Page updated:16-January-2013 |
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Order:
Podicipediformes
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Family: Podicipedidae |
BTO Codes:
BN, BLNGR
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EURING No: 120 | |
Number in Britain:
52 pairs (Summer)
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor
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Subspecies:
nigricollis recorded in Britain (of 3 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
31 cm
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Wingspan: 58 cm |
Weight:
M: 360 g F: 260 g
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Habitat:
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Large reedy lakes, Winter also coastal |
Diet:
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Mostly insects, occasionally other invertebrates or small fish |
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Population and Distribution |
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British Population Size:
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Summer:
52 pairs
in 2005-09
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Winter:
130 individuals
in 2004-09
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First Record:
Cornwall, 1810
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First Breeding Record:
Anglesey 1904
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Latest Survey:
Holling, M. & RBBP (2011) British Birds 104:476-537
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Conservation Status:
AMBER
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Small Breeding Population,
Small Non-breeding Population,
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Previous Assessments:
2002-2007
AMBER
1996-2001
AMBER
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| Races of Concern: nigricollis AMBER (Rare or Localised) | ||||
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
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| No habitat data from BBS | ||||
European Population Size:
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Summer:
23 to 36 thousand pairs
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Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
WCA(I)
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Number Ringed:
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Adult Survival:
No data
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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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Other Names |
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| 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 | Portuguese: Mergulhão-de-pescoço-preto |
| Spanish: Zampullín cuellinegro | Swedish: Svarthalsad dopping |
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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] | |
| Koop, B. 2004 BWP Update 5:185-202 | |
| 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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