Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis [Pallas, 1764] |
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Order:
Podicipediformes
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Family: Podicipedidae |
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BTO Codes:
LG, LITGR
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EURING No: 70 | |
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Number in Britain:
7500 pairs (Summer)
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Migrant/Resident Breeder, Winter Visitor
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Subspecies:
ruficollis recorded in Britain (of 8 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
27 cm
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Wingspan: 42 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 140 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: takhos=fast +bapto=to sink under and L.: rufus=reddish + collus=neck |
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World Distribution:
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Eurasia (except far north) south to Malaysia, New Guinea and sub-Saharan Africa (Mauritania to s Sudan) |
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Habitat:
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Marshes, ponds & lakes |
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Diet:
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Mostly, insects, molluscs, tadpoles and small fish at depths to 1m |
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TitBit:
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The commonly used 'dabchick' is the only bird name to have the first three letters of the alphabet occurring consecutively, though Shakespeare preferred 'dive-dapper', notably in Venus and Adonis. |
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Population and Distribution |
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British Population Size:
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Summer:
5000 to 10 thousand pairs
in 1988-91
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Winter:
16 thousand individuals
in 2004-09
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First Record:
10th Century
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Conservation Status:
AMBER
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Recent Breeding Population Decline,
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Previous Assessments:
2002-2007
GREEN
1996-2001
GREEN
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| Races of Concern: ruficollis 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:
97 to 164 thousand pairs
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Distribution in Europe
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Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
Bern(II)
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Breeding and Survival |
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Egg Size:
38 x 26 mm
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Egg Weight: 13.7 g (of which 8 % is shell) | ||
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Number of Nest Records:
75
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Clutch Size:
4 - 6 eggs
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Incubation:
20- 21 days
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by the: Male + Female |
Fledging:
44 - 48days
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Precocial, downy
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First Clutches Laid:
Unavailable
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Number of Broods:
2(3)
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Trends in Breeding Productivity
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Number Ringed:
28
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Adult Survival:
No data
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Juvenile Survival:
No data
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Age at First Breeding:
1
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Typical Lifespan:
No data
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Maximum Recorded Age:
6 years 0 months 23 days (set in 1995)
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Summary of Ringing Recoveries
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Biometrics |
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Ring Size:
Ee or Foe
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Wing Length
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Adult: | 104.1 ± 2.9 | Range | 99 - 108 mm, N =55 | ||
| Juvenile: | 102.9 ± 4.1 | 97 - 108 mm, N =59 | ||||
| Male: | Insufficient Data | |||||
| Female: | Insufficient Data | |||||
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Weight
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Adult: | 224.9 ± 39.25 | Range | 167.0 - 284.0 g , N =51 | ||
| Juvenile: | 209.4 ± 48.85 | 119.0 - 276.0 g , N =56 | ||||
| Male: | Insufficient Data | |||||
| Female: | Insufficient Data | |||||
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Other Names |
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| Dabchick | |
| Gaelic: Gobhachan-allt | Welsh: Gwyach Fach |
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Danish:
Lille lappedykker
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Dutch: Dodaars |
| Finnish: Pikku-uikku | French: Grčbe castagneux |
| German: Zwergtaucher | Hungarian: Kis vöcsök |
| Icelandic: Dverggođi |
Irish:
Spágaire Tonn
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| Italian: Tuffetto | Norwegian: Dvergdykker |
| Polish: Perkozek zwyczajny | Portuguese: Mergulhăo-pequeno |
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Spanish:
Zampullín chico
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Swedish: Smĺdopping |
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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] | |
| 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
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BirdLife species page
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
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State of the Nations Birds by Chris Mead
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