#podicipediformes

[herpsandbirds]

Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus), adult with chicks, family Podicipedidae, Podicipediformes, Perth, Australia

photograph by naidu_kumpatla

[ornithological]

great-crested grebes (podiceps cristatus), adult with chicks, ireland

[spinus-pinus]

Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps

12/2/2023 Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, California

[awkwardbirdsdreaming]

Day 11 of January extinct birds - the Atitlán grebe or giant pie-billed grebe (i swear i posted this yesterday but apparently not)

This flightless grebe was endemic to a single lake in Guatemala. Their story is remarkably similar to yesterday's grebe - when carnivorous bass were introduced to the lake, eating the grebe's food and their chicks, numbers started declining steeply. A refuge was set up, which was quite successful, but the 1976 earthquake caused the population to fall again, and they went extinct around 1990.

[life-on-our-planet]

Clark's grebes | courtship display © BBC Earth

[fullfrontalbirds]

White-tufted Grebe (Rollandia rolland)

© Martín Perez

[birdblues]

Clark's Grebe

[snototter]

A male great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) in the UK

by Mike J Whitfield

[haveyouseenthisbirdpoll]

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[heather-rajendran]

Little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) photos I took today 09/03/2024, Cromford canal, Derbyshire, UK

[proton-wobbler]

Loser's Bracket: Round 2, Poll 4

Images: Vireo (All About Birds); Starling (James Kennerly); Grebe (Daniel Pettersson); Frogmouth (JJ Harrison)

[herpsandbirds]

Could you do a compilation of grebes ? My friend group likes to send grebes to to our server and "grebe" each other, as though these birds are some sort of memetic hazard, so I'm looking to do the Ultimate Grebening

Guys, guys, check out my new band A COMPILATION OF GREBES, our new album drops soon, on Podicipediformes Records.

Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena), family Podicipedidae, order Podicipediformes, Canada

photograph by Missy Mandel

Little Grebes aka Dabchicks (Tachybaptus ruficollis), female with chicks, family Podicipedidae, Purbasthali Bird Sanctuary, West Bengal, India

Photograph by Mainak Halder 

Least Grebe (Tachybaptus dominicus), family Podicipedidae, order Podicipediformes, Los Barriles, Mexico

As the name would suggest, this is the smallest species of grebe.

photograph by Curtis Zutz

Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus), adult carrying chick, family Podicipedidae, Podicipediformes, Australia

photograph by Ricky Goodyear

Horned Grebe or Slavonian Grebe (Podiceps auritus), family Podicipedidae, order Podicipediformes, Finland

photograph by Teemar Vaino (@teemar72)

[auntie-birdie]

Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae)

© David Irving

[spinus-pinus]

Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps

12/10/2023 Riverside County, California

[awkwardbirdsdreaming]

Bird #23 - the black-necked grebe (LC)

Also known as the eared grebe, this grebe takes on gorgeous fiery plumage during the breeding season. After the breeding season they migrate to saline lakes to moult, during which the grebes are flightless for a whole month (but they don't fly much anyway). Outside of the breeding season, they are mostly black and white coloured!

I can't stop staring at pictures with their bright red/yellow eyes that pierce into your soul.

[ornithological]

little grebe (tachybaptus ruficollis), ireland