Horned Grebe vs Alaotra Grebe

Podiceps auritus verglichen mit Tachybaptus rufolavatus

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Merkmal Horned Grebe Alaotra Grebe
Wissenschaftlicher Name Podiceps auritus Tachybaptus rufolavatus
Ordnung Podicipediformes Podicipediformes
Familie Podicipedidae Podicipedidae
Erhaltungsstatus Vulnerable Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite 27,6 cm (10.9 in)
Gewicht 414,6666666666667 g (14.63 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 1-8 --
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Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Horned Grebe only

Alaotra Grebe only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Vulnerable

Horned Grebe

Extinct

Alaotra Grebe

About These Birds

Horned Grebe

Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) is a medium 31–38 cm grebe of the Holarctic. Breeding: black and chestnut body with golden-buff 'horn' tufts on sides of head; red neck. Winters grey and white on coastal seas. Breeds on ponds and lakes in boreal and temperate zones; migratory. Wingspan to 65 cm. Vulnerable in Europe due to lake eutrophication.

Alaotra Grebe

Alaotra Grebe (Tachybaptus rufolavatus) is an extinct small grebe formerly endemic to Lake Alaotra, Madagascar. Pale buff-brown, weak-winged, likely flightless or near-flightless. Last confirmed record 1985; declared extinct in 2010.

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